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1. Aim
To design, manufacture and demonstrate a fixed-wing aircraft system by assembling a capable

team that can meet the requirements outlined in the following rounds.
2. Design Constraints
● T/W <=1 without payload.

● The propeller diameter should not be greater than 14 inches.
● Wing span should be a maximum of 1.5m
● Only electric Motors allowed
● Use of gyroscopes and programming assistance in receivers is prohibited.
● Aircraft should have enough space to keep the payload inside. The payload should not be
hung or hooked.
3. Aircraft Conceptual Design
We selected the aerofoil having a monoplane structure, high wing design, tractor configuration
and a conventional tail. We have attached the figure about the conventional design of the aircraft
to be built.
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4. Preliminary design
Preliminary design includes the analysis of different airfoils suitable for maximum lift generation
in the case of the wing and similarly for the fin and tail constituting the Empennage. For this
project, our team is using XFLR software to examine different airfoils. The Preliminary Design
of the RC Plane involves the following steps,
● Weight Estimation
This step approximates the total weight, giving us the approximate thrust to be generated.
➔ Payload: The approximate payload which we are considering is 1000gm (1kg).

➔ Avionics: This includes Electronic Speed Control (120gm), LIPO battery(230gm), BLDC
motor (180gm) and other items such as receiver and servo motors and up to total weight.
the total estimated weight of avionics is 600gm
➔ Structural: The weight is assumed to be around 700gm which has balsa sheets, aero
coat, aero ply, depron and carbon fiber rods, etc.
➔ Landing Gear: The approximate weight of landing gear is nearly 60gm.
The total weight accounting for the aircraft will approximately be 2.3kg.
● Airfoil Selection
This section involves the analysis of different airfoils and comparing their lift and drag
coefficients at that particular Speed. The speed considered for analysis is 15m/s. In the aircraft
building process, our team has used different airfoils like FX 60-160, MH 114 13.02%, and
NACA 0012.
From the above analysis the airfoil MH 114 was selected due to its performance
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5. Sizing
● Wing Dimensions
Sno. Parameter Measure

1. Span 1.4m
2. Root chord 0.7m
3. Tip chord 0.7m
4. Aspect ratio 7
5. Surface area 0.28m2
● Fin Dimensions

1. Span 0.24m
2. Root chord 0.12m
3. Tip chord 0.12m
4. Aspect ratio 2
● Elevator Dimensions

1. Span 0.6m
2. Root chord 0.12m
3. Tip chord 0.12m
4. Aspect ratio 5
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6. Avionics
● Battery
Our team decided to use a 2200Mah 4S battery. It is a LIPO battery which holds good for
our requirements. It draws 10A of current on an average for 10 Minutes of time which is
optimum for the cruise.
● Servo Motors
Servo motor SG90 is used in our aircraft. It is used in the movement of control surfaces.
Two servo motors are used on the wing and two servo motors are used on the aircraft's
tail.
● Motor and Propeller
The calculations done with the help of XFLR Software, by observing the cd vs alpha
graph, the coefficient of drag is 0.06 at 0 angle of attack.
By the formula for drag we get the approximate drag value to be 542.43 gm. To
overcome this much drag we have selected the following motor.
We selected OS motor OMA-3815-1000 which is sufficient to overcome the total drag

offered by the plane. The propeller used in making our aircraft is of 12-inch Diameter and
4.5cm pitch.
Cm vs Alpha
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● Electronic Speed Controller
The free stream velocity which we have taken into consideration during our analysis is
15m/s. Thus this ESC will control the speed of the motor accordingly so that there is easy
control on the flight.
● Transmitter and Receiver
We are using a 10-channel transmitter and FlySky FS-16s receiver.
7. Fuselage
The part of the aircraft which connects the wings to the empennage is the fuselage. The
fuselage designed by our team is in such a way that there is maximum area at the center so that it
can hold more payload and also balance the right amount of Centre of gravity(CG) . While
designing the fuselage we kept in mind the exact amount of space the avionics parts will take and
took the sizing of the fuselage.
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● Dropping Mechanism
The design of the dropping mechanism is simple. Our team has designed a door with hinges
attached on the other side. Servo motors will help in opening and closing of the doors where only
one channel will be used to control it using transmitter and receiver
8. Detail Design
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9. Manufacturing
We used a range of materials to make the plane, including aeroply, extruded polystyrene
(commonly known as Depron), and carbon fibre.The main load-bearing structural components of
the wings, the ribs and skin, are built of depron. The vertical stabilizer and horizontal stabilizer
are constructed in a similar manner. 8mm carbon rods are used to secure the wings to the
fuselage. The 5mm depron used to construct the fuselage is reinforced by foam boards made of
chloroplast. Doors are manufactured of aeroply and used as part of the dropping mechanism. A
carbon fiber frame and iron rods are used to assemble the landing gear. Either glue gun or
cyanoacrylate glue is used to fix every component.
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To design, manufacture and demonstrate a fixed-wing aircraft system by assembling a capable

● T/W <=1 without payload.

3. Aircraft Conceptual Design

➔ Payload: The approximate payload which we are considering is 1000gm (1kg).

Sno. Parameter Measure

Sno. Parameter Measure

Sno. Parameter Measure

● Motor and Propeller

We selected OS motor OMA-3815-1000 which is sufficient to overcome the total drag

● Electronic Speed Controller

● Transmitter and Receiver

We are using a 10-channel transmitter and FlySky FS-16s receiver.

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