33th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

01.2 - Aircraft Design and Integrated System (Applications)

A COMMON FRAMEWORK FOR THE DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF FIXED-WING, MULTICOPTER AND VTOL UAV CONFIGURATIONS

F. Pollet¹, S. Delbecq¹, M. Budinger, ICA, Université de Toulouse, ISAE-SUPAERO, MINES ALBI, UPS, INSA, France; J.-M. Moschetta¹, J. Liscouët, Concordia University, Canada; ¹ISAE-SUPAERO, France

This paper focuses on the multidisciplinary design of multicopter, fixed-wing, and quadplane drones. Lightweight models for drone sizing are proposed and integrated with an optimal design approach. The results are validated with commercially available drones, and a comparative study allows to determine the best configuration to perform a mission.


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