31th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

01 - Aircraft Design and Integrated Systems

DEVELOPING THE UNMANNED UNCONVENTIONAL CARGO AIRPLANES WITH HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM

I. Gál¹, D. Rohács¹, J. Rohács¹; ¹Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

The lecture deals with developing a family of unmanned cargo aircraft, that may transport the goods for 100 – 300 km distances in small cargo containers of 1 - 15 hundred kg. The lecture defines the operational concept, describes a family of unconventional form hybrid aircraft and discusses their aerodynamic characteristics and flight performances. The airplanes are optimized for life cycle.


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