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Study on the Hovering Flight Performance of a Single Rotor on a River Surveillance Hexacopter

하천 측량용 헥사콥터의 단일로터에 대한 제자리 비행 성능 연구

  • 정원훈 (경상국립대학교 일반대학원) ;
  • 김봉환 (경상국립대학교 자동차공학과) ;
  • 민경무 ((주) 어스 앤 에어로스페이스) ;
  • 차앨리 ((주) 어스 앤 에어로스페이스) ;
  • 박근우 ((주) 어스 앤 에어로스페이스)
  • Received : 2022.05.04
  • Accepted : 2022.06.29
  • Published : 2022.08.31
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Abstract

In this study, an experimental device was fabricated to evaluate the hovering flight performance of a single rotor on a hexacopter used for river surveillance, and a thrust performance test was conducted. In addition, the 3D profile of the propeller was extracted by 3D scanning and CFD analysis was performed using ANSYS CFD 14.5 based on the extracted 3D model of the propeller. The aerodynamic characteristics were compared with the results of the performance tests and CFD analysis, and the vortex structure corresponding to each motor rotational speed in revolutions per minute (rpm) was identified. In the future, we plan to provide valuable data for multicopter propeller design and performance verification.

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