P 16121 SAE Aero Aircraft Design Build Objective

P 16121: SAE Aero Aircraft Design & Build Objective Ø To design, build, and test an aircraft for the Regular Class of the 2016 SAE Aero Design Competition. The aircraft serves as a development platform for the RIT Aero Design Club so that they may competitively participate in future competitions. Acknowledgements Ø Ø Ø Dr. Kolodziej for project completion guidance Mike Walker for project formulation guidance in Design Project Leadership Professor Wellin for static thrust test assistance RIT Aero Design Club for manufacturing assistance Dr. Venkataraman for aircraft design input Boeing for generous financial contributions MSD I SHIT GOES HERE Structural Design and Stress Analysis Ø All load bearing structures are metallic to ensure structural integrity Ø Metallic chassis designed such that loads are transferred to spars during flight, and landing gear bear loads on ground and endure landing impact Ø Stress analysis performed for worst-case loading scenarios on metallic parts Performance Ø The aircraft meets performance requirements set by competition rules Aerodynamics Ø XFLR 5 was the primary aerodynamics computational method utilized (Vortex. Propulsion Lattice Method) Ø Static thrust test performed on motor-propeller system to validate expected Ø ANSYS FLUENT (Navier-Stokes+Spalart Allmaras) was used to verify XFLR 5 aircraft performance results through horizontal stabilizer analysis CL, CD and CL vs. CD Plots go here Stability and Control Ø The aircraft was designed such that it had cargo-transport aircraft stability and control characteristics. The Team Ø CMcg vs. α describes the pitching (nose up and down) stability. Negative slope and a positive intercept are good. Ø CNcg vs. β describes the yawing (nose right and left) stability. Positive slope and negative intercept are good. Ø Clcg vs. β describes the rolling stability (wingtips up or down). Negative slope and positive intercept are good. Left to Right: Ron Manning, Dominic Myren, Marc Protacio, Chri$ Jones, Matt Zielinski