Plotting the Flight Envelope of an Unmanned Aircraft System Air Vehicle

Nikolajs Glīzde

Abstract


The research is focused on the development of an Unmanned Aircraft System. One of the design process steps in the preliminary design phase is the calculation of the flight envelope for the Unmanned Aircraft System air vehicle. The results obtained will be used in the further design process. A flight envelope determines the minimum requirements for the object in Certification Specifications. The present situation does not impose any Certification Specification requirements for the class of the Unmanned Aircraft System under the development of the general European Union trend defined in the road map for the implementation of the Unmanned Aircraft System. However, operation in common European Aerospace imposes the necessity for regulations for micro class systems as well.

Keywords:
Aircraft design; flight envelope; loads; unmanned aircraft system

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DOI: 10.1515/tae-2017-0010

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