27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-1.3.1

OPTIMISATION OF A SOLAR-POWERED HIGH ALTITUDE LONG ENDURANCE UAV

O. Montagnier, L. Bovet
CReA (French Air Force), France

Keywords: hale, solar powered, composite structure, optimisation

Optimisation of a solar powered HALE UAV is carried out. It requires mass model for each constitutive part. In particular, the mass of the wing is minimised using composite materials and tolerating a large flexibility. A new analytical wing mass model is proposed very useful for this particular application.

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