Under the theme of urban mobility, a radio-controlled aircraft was created with the following configuration: single front-mounted motor, high wing, taildragger, and conventional tail. The aircraft had to fit within a 2.5 foot wide parking area; thus, the aircraft was designed to be able to rotate its 4.9 foot wide wing. Inserts and restraints were designed to carry payloads for three payloads. This included a crew-only mission; a crew, patient, and medical supply cabinet mission; and a crew and passenger mission. Overall, the aircraft was able to transport 2 pounds of payload during the second mission and 10 passengers for the third mission. During the competition, the team placed 61st out of 107 participants, successfully completing the ground mission and the first flight mission.

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Creator

• Shaw, Richard
• Valencia, Regina
• Muturi, Bridget
• Santopadre, Troy
• Schulz, Wesley
• Monzayet, Elias
• Murphy, Carson

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 121552
• E-project-042424-155058

Stichwort

• aiaa
• design build fly
• airplane
• dbf
• aerospace engineering
• rc airplane

Advisor

• Yuan, Zhangxian

Year

• 2024

Date created

• 2024-04-24

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Aerospace Engineering

Source

• E-project-042424-155058

Rights statement

• In Copyright