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An all-electric unmanned aerial system with both VTOL and Fixed wing capabilities is designed and optimized for long range surveillance, dynamic target monitoring and disaster relief operations. Such applications are common military practice. The UAV is equipped with onboard computers and sensors and is capable of carrying 1kg of relief payload upto 100 Km. The entire low fidelity design process- from concept to render is carried out using completely open-source tools, libraries and in-house code. A prototype is fabricated, integrated and tested as well. The challenges faced and primary differences are discussed parallelly. A comparison with commercial codes and programs is also done in some areas to give an overview of key capabilities and possible caveats.
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Drones, Aircraft design, ISTAR, FOSS, Hybrid Tricopter, Electric Propulsion, CFD
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An all-electric unmanned aerial system with both VTOL and Fixed wing capabilities is designed and optimized for long range surveillance, dynamic target monitoring and disaster relief operations. Such applications are common military practice. The UAV is equipped with onboard computers and sensors and is capable of carrying 1kg of relief payload upto 100 Km. The entire low fidelity design process- from concept to render is carried out using completely open-source tools, libraries and in-house code. A prototype is fabricated, integrated and tested as well. The challenges faced and primary differences are discussed parallelly. A comparison with commercial codes and programs is also done in some areas to give an overview of key capabilities and possible caveats.
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