01.2 - Aircraft Design and Integrated Systems (Use cases and Applications)
RESEARCH ON OVERALL AERODYNAMIC DESIGN OF GRID-DUCT INTEGRATED VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT
B. Li¹, B. Mi¹; ¹Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
This paper proposes a novel grid-duct integrated VTOL fixed-wing aircraft, using the grid as the main lifting surface to reduce span size and boost efficiency. It performs 2D/3D aerodynamic optimization for upper-wing airfoil challenges, analyzes grid-propeller matching, and achieves an efficient overall design.