Design, fabrication and flight testing of a surveillance UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is becoming increasingly popular because it can perform variety of functions. These functions include surveillance, reconnaissance, monitoring, data collection and rescue operation. The purpose of this work is to design, fabricate and fly a low weight, low cost, smal...

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Main Authors:	Idres, Moumen, Makame, Burhani, Ahmad, Bala Nabil, Naji, Saleh, Safiuddin, Ahmad
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling	iium-438222016-06-05T10:30:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43822/ Design, fabrication and flight testing of a surveillance UAV Idres, Moumen Makame, Burhani Ahmad, Bala Nabil Naji, Saleh Safiuddin, Ahmad TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is becoming increasingly popular because it can perform variety of functions. These functions include surveillance, reconnaissance, monitoring, data collection and rescue operation. The purpose of this work is to design, fabricate and fly a low weight, low cost, small size UAV for a surveillance mission. The design is carried out based on Advanced Aircraft Analysis (AAA) software. The design process starts with the design specifications for a typical surveillance mission. Aircraft weight, wing loading and power loading were estimated in performance sizing process. Geometry was estimated using preliminary sizing. Aerodynamics of the aircraft was determined, which enabled the performance and stability to be analysed. If the desired performance is not achieved, the sizing is readjusted until a final design is reached. The aircraft was manufactured using foam, carbon rods, and fibreglass. The aircraft successfully flew at the first trial flight. This was followed by a successful flight with aerial photography Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43822/1/43822_-_Design%2C_fabrication_and_flight_testing_of_a_surveillance_UAV.pdf Idres, Moumen and Makame, Burhani and Ahmad, Bala Nabil and Naji, Saleh and Safiuddin, Ahmad (2015) Design, fabrication and flight testing of a surveillance UAV. Advanced Materials Research, 1115. pp. 450-453. ISSN 1022-6680 http://www.scientific.net/AMR/ 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1115.450
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description	Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is becoming increasingly popular because it can perform variety of functions. These functions include surveillance, reconnaissance, monitoring, data collection and rescue operation. The purpose of this work is to design, fabricate and fly a low weight, low cost, small size UAV for a surveillance mission. The design is carried out based on Advanced Aircraft Analysis (AAA) software. The design process starts with the design specifications for a typical surveillance mission. Aircraft weight, wing loading and power loading were estimated in performance sizing process. Geometry was estimated using preliminary sizing. Aerodynamics of the aircraft was determined, which enabled the performance and stability to be analysed. If the desired performance is not achieved, the sizing is readjusted until a final design is reached. The aircraft was manufactured using foam, carbon rods, and fibreglass. The aircraft successfully flew at the first trial flight. This was followed by a successful flight with aerial photography
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author	Idres, Moumen Makame, Burhani Ahmad, Bala Nabil Naji, Saleh Safiuddin, Ahmad
author_facet	Idres, Moumen Makame, Burhani Ahmad, Bala Nabil Naji, Saleh Safiuddin, Ahmad
author_sort	Idres, Moumen
title	Design, fabrication and flight testing of a surveillance UAV
title_short	Design, fabrication and flight testing of a surveillance UAV
title_full	Design, fabrication and flight testing of a surveillance UAV
title_fullStr	Design, fabrication and flight testing of a surveillance UAV
title_full_unstemmed	Design, fabrication and flight testing of a surveillance UAV
title_sort	design, fabrication and flight testing of a surveillance uav
publisher	Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
publishDate	2015
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