A longitudinal flight dynamic study of a low mass moment of inertia vehicle is presented. Aerodynamic and stability derivatives of a flying-wing microaerial vehicle (FWMAV) were obtained through detailed subsonic wind tunnel tests at a Reynolds Number of 1.87 × 105. Rate and acceleration derivatives were obtained using the potential flow solver, Tornado®. A novel methodology for the estimation of dimensional derivatives is proposed, and results are compared with the conventional linear time-invariant systems (LTI) approach. Free response for natural frequency, damping coefficient, and time constant as well as forced response upon a unit step and a unit impulse elevon input has been calculated and analyzed. The proposed methodology predicted two pairs of complex conjugates for the longitudinal flight up to a pitch angle of 89° whereas the conventional methodology predicted the same up to 57°. Longitudinal modes sensitivity in terms of stability with the variation of mass, velocity, and pitch angle has also been analyzed. The flying-wing microaerial vehicle was able to sustain straight and level flight during flight trials; however, higher frequencies of phugoid and short period modes were observed. These high frequencies were the consequence of large magnitude of Z α / U o (ratio of Z-force derivative with the angle of attack and cruise velocity) and Z u / U o (ratio of Z-force derivative with the axial velocity and cruise velocity). It is concluded that the proposed methodology presented a more realistic representation of longitudinal flight modes since classical flight modes are captured till 89° which conventional LTI methodology failed to do so.


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    Title :

    A novel solution methodology for longitudinal flight characterization of a Flying-Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle


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    Publication date :

    2022-12-01


    Size :

    19 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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