Laws of Motion
Laws of Motion
Laws of Motion
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2. Theory of flight
How to make your own remote controlled aircraft from scratch ?
3. What are the basic forces acting on an aircraft in flight?
As shown in the middle of the slide, the L/D ratio is also equal to
the ratio of the lift and drag coefficients. The lift equation
indicates that the lift L is equal to one half the air density r times
the square of the velocity V times the wing area A times the lift
coefficient Cl:
L = .5 * Cl * r * V^2 * A
D = .5 * Cd * r * V^2 * A
• Ailerons
• Elevators
• Rudder
Aileron Movement of
left and right wing
Elevator movement showing nose up and
nose down movement of aircraft
Elevator Movement
7. Control Surfaces of an aircraft
8. Stability
• It is the ability of the aircraft to reject any in-flight disturbance
like sudden gust or downwash.
• A stable aircraft always remains in steady flight (constant
heading and speed) irrespective of any disturbances.
• Dihedral wing configuration is used to give aircraft inherent roll
stability.
• Similarly proper C.G placement (usually 1/4 of chord) gives us
pitch stability
Now that we’ve understood the basic theory of aircraft lets start making one
9. Steps to make an aircraft
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• Make sure the airfoil design is simple and not very difficult to
fabricate
10.Structures
11.Controls
• Ailerons are used for roll control, usually ailerons
are not preferred in aircrafts as it leads to decrease
in altitude.
1. The wings
2. The fuselage
3. The rudder
• LEADING EDGE :The forward most part of the wing running the full span of
the wing. Normally the leading edge is a stick of balsa.
• TRAILING EDGE :The backward most part of the wing running the full span
of the wing
14.Making Wings
• The fuselage performs the function of holding the wing and tail in proper
relationship to each other.
• It also houses the control-components viz. batteries, servos
• Should be made with least weight
• Care must be taken to place tail and wing in such a way so that
C.G of the aircraft is at c/4 from leading edge of wing
17.Landing Gear
Landing gear help the aircraft to take off from the ground just like a real plane.
Mount the landing gear on the fuselage using rod linkage which should be
strong enough to sustain jerks during landing. The CG of the aircraft should be
between the front and rear wheels.
Preferably small size landing gears are used to reduce air drag.
• Two servos can be fixed to the fuselage , one each for elevator and rudder.
• The servos and a 4.8-6 V battery is connected to a receiver
• The receiver can be controlled by a radio signal transmitter
• We use push rod linkages for controlling the control surfaces, one may also
use magnetic actuators.
Entire assembly is called a pushrod
system.
Attach the bay near the center of gravity. Try not disturbing the center of
gravity of your aircraft.
In this mechanism, a
box can be used which
can be controlled to
open up in air and drop
the load.
This is another view of
controlled box.
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• Sahastranshu Sinha
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