Technical Development of Design & Fabrication of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Abstract

UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is an air vehicle which is largely used for surveillance, monitoring, reconnaissance, data relay, and data collection or to enter the area which is not safe for human i.e. flood affected or virus affected area. This paper represents the unique design of such an UAV which designed at MILITARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY to participate in an international competition SAE Aero Design West-2013. As per competition requirement empty weight of the UAV must be less than 2 lb and must fly with payload as heavy as possible for good scoring. Initially, the model of the UAV was tested in wind tunnel and the test data showed that the model aircraft performance was capable enough for flying and covering an area specified in the competition. Subsequently, an actual aircraft was fabricated of that model and flight tested which proved the match with theoretical, statistical and experimental data that was obtained from wind tunnel test, wing tip test, tensile test of manufacturing material and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) flow simulation over the aerofoil.