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Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers - Vol. 27, No. 2, pp.104-111

ISSN: 2508-5107 (Online)

Print publication date 15 Apr 2018

Received 05 Mar 2018 Revised 02 Apr 2018 Accepted 05 Apr 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7735/ksmte.2018.27.2.104

드론 공력성능 측정을 위한 실험 장치 구축

김정우^a^{, *} ; 정진욱^a ; 나선용^a ; 신명조^a ; 천용범^a

Development of Testbed for Aerodynamic Performance of a Drone

Jungwoo Kim^a^{, *} ; Jinwook Jeong^a ; Seonyoung Na^a ; Myoungjo Shin^a ; Yongbum Chun^a

aDepartment of Mechanical System Design Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, 232, Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01811, Korea

Correspondence to: ^*Tel.: +82-2-970-6856, Fax: +82-2-974-8270, E-mail address: kimjw@seoultech.ac.kr (Jungwoo Kim).

Abstract

In the present study, we build an experimental testbed to measure the aerodynamic performance of a drone. The developed testbed is static, on which the drone is fixed. The testbed is used to measure thrust, battery amount, and drone flight angle using a load cell, a current sensor, and an IMU sensor. To demonstrate the procedure for evaluating the aerodynamic performance of the drone using the measured values, we performed preliminary experiments by directly installing the SYMA X8SW drone on the testbed. The measure values were used for understanding aerodynamic performance such as disc loading, figure of merit, and lift-to-drag ratio.

Keywords:

Drone, Testbed, Aerodynamic performance, Thrust

Acknowledgments

이 연구는 서울과학기술대학교 교내 학술연구비 지원으로 수행되었습니다.

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