Wing Design for Class I Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—Special Considerations for Foldable Wing Configuration at Low Reynolds Numbers
Foldable wing designs are becoming increasingly popular due to their advantages in the rapid deployment and compact packaging of fixed-wing UAVs, particularly when compared to horizontal take-off and VTOL counterparts. However, selecting an appropriate wing design requires the careful consideration...
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| description | Foldable wing designs are becoming increasingly popular due to their advantages in the rapid deployment and compact packaging of fixed-wing UAVs, particularly when compared to horizontal take-off and VTOL counterparts. However, selecting an appropriate wing design requires the careful consideration of aerodynamic performance and volume storage constraints. As a result, a trade-off between performance and practicality must be addressed during the conceptual design phase. The primary objective of this study is to identify the optimal wing configuration for a tube-launched foldable wing design. To achieve this, the analysis combine an in-house design tool developed in Excel and XFLR5 v7.01 software. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a855b8b943f54e348c76d1af2c57be8f2025-08-20T03:27:18ZengMDPI AGEngineering Proceedings2673-45912025-04-019019610.3390/engproc2025090096Wing Design for Class I Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—Special Considerations for Foldable Wing Configuration at Low Reynolds NumbersEleftherios Karatzas0Eleftherios Nikolaou1Antonis Pitsis2Spiridon Alexopoulos3Vaios Lappas4Vassilis Kostopoulos5Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras University Campus, 26504 Rion-Patras, GreeceDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras University Campus, 26504 Rion-Patras, GreeceDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras University Campus, 26504 Rion-Patras, GreeceDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras University Campus, 26504 Rion-Patras, GreeceDepartment of Aerospace Science & Technology, National &Kapodistrian University of Athens, 34400 Psahna Evias, GreeceDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras University Campus, 26504 Rion-Patras, GreeceFoldable wing designs are becoming increasingly popular due to their advantages in the rapid deployment and compact packaging of fixed-wing UAVs, particularly when compared to horizontal take-off and VTOL counterparts. However, selecting an appropriate wing design requires the careful consideration of aerodynamic performance and volume storage constraints. As a result, a trade-off between performance and practicality must be addressed during the conceptual design phase. The primary objective of this study is to identify the optimal wing configuration for a tube-launched foldable wing design. To achieve this, the analysis combine an in-house design tool developed in Excel and XFLR5 v7.01 software.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4591/90/1/96wing designfoldable wingconceptual design |
| spellingShingle | Eleftherios Karatzas Eleftherios Nikolaou Antonis Pitsis Spiridon Alexopoulos Vaios Lappas Vassilis Kostopoulos Wing Design for Class I Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—Special Considerations for Foldable Wing Configuration at Low Reynolds Numbers Engineering Proceedings wing design foldable wing conceptual design |
| title | Wing Design for Class I Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—Special Considerations for Foldable Wing Configuration at Low Reynolds Numbers |
| title_full | Wing Design for Class I Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—Special Considerations for Foldable Wing Configuration at Low Reynolds Numbers |
| title_fullStr | Wing Design for Class I Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—Special Considerations for Foldable Wing Configuration at Low Reynolds Numbers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wing Design for Class I Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—Special Considerations for Foldable Wing Configuration at Low Reynolds Numbers |
| title_short | Wing Design for Class I Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—Special Considerations for Foldable Wing Configuration at Low Reynolds Numbers |
| title_sort | wing design for class i mini unmanned aerial vehicles special considerations for foldable wing configuration at low reynolds numbers |
| topic | wing design foldable wing conceptual design |
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