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Michael Finigian, Peter Apostolos Kavounas, Ian Ho, Conor Cian Smith, Adam Witusik, Andrew Hopwood, Camron Avent, Brandon Ragasa and Brian Roth
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have already proven valuable for intelligence, search, and reconnaissance missions; however, their integration into manned aircraft to augment existing capabilities is still an emerging field. This paper describes the desi...
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Yongchang Huang, Xiangying Guo and Dongxing Cao
Z-shaped folding wings have the potential to enhance the flight performance of an aircraft, contingent upon its mission requirements. However, the current scope of research on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with Z-shaped folding wings primarily focuses ...
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Bereket Sitotaw Kidane and Enrico Troiani
Wing shape adaptability during flight is the next step towards the greening of aviation. The shape of the wing is typically designed for one cruise point or a weighted average of several cruise points. However, a wing is subjected to a variety of flight ...
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Amit Geva, Haim Abramovich and Rimon Arieli
The presented aircraft is capable of alternating between two singular working points by folding the exterior surfaces of the wing underneath the interior surfaces. This allows for a significant change in wingspan, lift surfaces, aspect ratio and airfoil ...
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Gaétan Dussart, Mudassir Lone and Roger Bailey
A slalom and alignment tracking manoeuvre was developed for multi-directional handling qualities analysis of large transport aircraft in simulation environments. The manoeuvre is defined and scaled as a function of aircraft characteristics, flight condit...
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Gaétan Dussart, Sezsy Yusuf and Mudassir Lone
Wingtip folding is a means by which an aircraft?s wingspan can be extended, allowing designers to take advantage of the associated reduction in induced drag. This type of device can provide other benefits if used in flight, such as flight control and loa...
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