• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.367-389
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• 2015

Simple solutions are obtained for the fuel required by internal combustion engine airplanes on trajectories with a constant rate of climb or descent. Three modes of flight are considered: constant speed, constant Mach number and constant angle of attack. Starting from the exact solutions of the equations of motion for the modes of motion considered, approximate solutions are obtained that are much easier to compute while still being quite precise. Simpler formulas are derived for the weight of fuel, speed, altitude, horizontal distance, time to climb, and power required. These formulas represent a new important contribution since they are fundamental for the analysis of aircraft dynamics and thus have direct applications for the analysis of aircraft performances and mission planning.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.371-399
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• 2017

The motion of propeller driven airplanes, flying at constant speed on ascending or descending helical trajectories is analyzed. The dynamical abilities of the airplane are shown to result in restrictions on the ranges of the geometrical parameters of the helical path. The physical quantities taken into account are the variation of air density with altitude, the airplane mass change due to fuel consumption, its load factor, its lift coefficient, and the thrust its engine can produce. Formulas are provided for determining all the airplane dynamical parameters on the trajectory. A procedure is proposed for the construction of tables from which the flyability of trajectories at a given angle of inclination and radius can be read, with the corresponding minimum and maximum speeds allowed, the final altitude reached and the amount of fuel burned. Sample calculations are shown for the Cessna 182, a Silver Fox like unmanned aerial vehicle, and the C-130 Hercules.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.551-579
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• 2018

This work is concerned with the motion of propeller driven airplanes, flying at constant velocity on ascending or descending rectilinear trajectories. Its purpose is to provide important features of rectilinear flights that are required for airplane trajectory planning but that cannot be found already published. It presents a method for calculating the amount of fuel used, the restrictions on the trajectory parameters, as inclination and speed, which result from the load factor, the lift coefficient, the positivity and upper boundedness of the power available. It presents a complete discussion of both ascending and descending flights, including gliding. Some original remarks are made about the parameters of gliding. It shows how to construct tables of parameters allowing to identify rapidly flyable trajectories. Sample calculations are shown for the Cessna 182 and a Silver Fox like unmanned aerial vehicle.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2021

전기동력을 기반으로 하는 전기추진비행기는 화석연료 사용에 따른 CO2 발생을 줄여서 지구온난화에 대응할 수 있고 에너지의 효율적 사용을 통해서 장기적으로 비행기의 운용비용을 줄일 수 있다. 이런 이유로, 미국과 유럽연합 등 선진 항공국가에서는 미래의 완전한 전기비행기 구현을 위한 혁신적 기술개발을 선도적으로 진행하고 있다. 현재, 국내에서는 기존 2인승 엔진 비행기를 전기추진비행기로 개조하는 연구개발이 진행 중에 있다. 개조대상 비행기는 KLA-100으로써 엔진 장착공간과 부조종사 공간을 활용하여 배터리 팩을 설치하고, 30분의 비행시험을 목표로 하고 있다. 해당 목표를 달성하기 위해서는 배터리 성능이 보장되어야 하는데, 개조 비행기에는 비출력 150Wh/kg, 중량 200kg 그리고 C-rate 3~4인 리튬-이온(Li-ion) 배터리가 설치된다. 본 논문에서는 설계된 배터리 팩이 장착된 전기추진비행기의 비행 가능성을 사전에 점검하고자 한다. 이를 위해 30분 비행 프로파일을 시동 및 활주단계, 이륙단계, 상승단계, 순항단계, 하강단계, 착륙 및 활주단계로 구분하고, 각 단계에서 요구되는 배터리 용량을 계산하여 최종 목표로 하고 있는 30분 비행 가능 여부를 평가하였다. 또한, 비행속도에 따른 비행 가능시간과 항속거리를 분석하여 전기추진비행기용 배터리 팩의 비행성능을 파악하였다.