A remote-controlled ‘jamming aircraft’ was developed for the 2023 AIAA DBF Competition. The modular aircraft, which fits disassembled in a specified box, features an airfoil shaped fuselage and twin tail booms with a novel control surface linkage design. The empty aircraft was able to complete three laps of a required flight course with a flight speed of 55 miles per hour. In a second mission, the aircraft carried 32 percent of its gross weight of 7.825 lbs as an ‘electronics payload’ and completed twelve flight laps. In a third mission, a 5.75-inch long, PVC pipe ‘jamming antenna’ was carried on one wingtip while completing three flight laps in 69 seconds. The aircraft supported 5.5 lbs of added test weight when its 55-inch wingspan was hung between two wingtip fixtures.

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Creator

• Guertin, Tyler
• Salvato, Joseph
• Pellegrini, Nickolas
• Fiorenza, Nicholas
• Le, Newton
• Cook, Noah
• Hamblin, Drake
• Gerisch, Dylan

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 105771
• E-project-042723-090534

Keyword

• Micro-Aerial Vehicle
• Aircraft Design
• Competition

Advisor

• Olinger, David J.

Year

• 2023

Date created

• 2023-04-27

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Aerospace Engineering

Source

• E-project-042723-090534

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-09-12