Análise de desempenho e estabilidade de uma asa voadora rádio controlada

Abstract

This work aims the performance and stability analysis of a radio-controlled flying wing. The aircraft was designed by an enthusiastic of scaled model aircraft, its goal was to be used for crop areas scanning. The mentioned project did not follow the classical aircraft design procedures from the literature. In this context, an evaluation of the project is carried out based on the classic concepts for flight mechanics and aircraft performance, highlighting limitations and possible solutions, aiming to improve the general performance. In order to accomplish that, a simplified aerodynamic analysis of the model is proposed. Once the analysis is complete, one can conclude that the studied aircraft is not aerodynamically optimized, and is far below the stability requirements, which claims for a cautious operation. Furthermore, since there were no preliminary aircraft performance analysis, the design resulted in a non-optimized operation condition for the aircraft. Therefore, performance criteria, such as endurance and range, were limited.