Date of Submission
Winter 12-3-2020
Project Type
Senior Design
Minor
Aerospace Engineering
Major
Mechanical Engineering
Department
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Committee Chair/First Advisor
Adeel Khalid
Abstract
This report recreates the Fairey Rotodyne in modern, electric form. Extensive research into the market requirements and history of the autogiro are presented as justification for the implementation of such a design. The design criteria and mission profile are selected in order to compete with inter-city commuting in the range of 20 to 30 statute miles or with longer range travel at roughly 100 miles. Cost estimations are also made in order to gauge the feasibility of this design from an economic standpoint. Achieving the design criteria and desired mission profile are done through numerical integration and analysis through CFD to optimize the initial design detailed below. The results that we found show that this is a feasible design worthy of further investigation.
Power point, Entire process described
Presentation poster_v2.pptx (440 kB)
Overall summary, in poster form
15 mins collab-recording.mp4 (1 kB)
recording of power point being presented
2 min video.mp4 (1 kB)
short video of flow sim and motion study
Weight Calculation.xlsx (16 kB)
Used to find total weight and battery count in KWH
TOPSIS_Motor_v4.xls (56 kB)
Used to select optimal electric motors
Tail.xlsx (16 kB)
Sizing and design of tail
Propeller, power, and range Calculations.xlsx (27 kB)
design of propeller, required power for thrust, and total range calculations
Final Main Rotor Calculations.xlsx (149 kB)
Design of main rotor and autorotation calculations
Airfoil Selection v2.xlsx (51 kB)
Wing design of the autogiro