01.2 - Aircraft Design and Integrated Systems (Use cases and Applications)

ENDURANCE EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT UAV CONFIGURATIONS AND POWERTRAIN ARCHITECTURES

A. Orgiu, ISAE-SUPAERO, Concordia University, Canada; S. Delbecq, ISAE-SUPAERO, France; J. Liscouët, Concordia University, Canada

This paper introduces FAST-UAV, an open-source MDO framework for preliminary UAV design, extended with thermal propulsion models for fixed-wing and hybrid VTOL configurations. The framework allows to compare endurance across architectures, vehicle masses, and payloads, highlighting differences between electric and thermal propulsion to support informed preliminary design decisions.

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DOI: 10.71945/icas2026_0636