PDA

View Full Version : Discussion mass estimation vor VTOL UAVs?


nautisch
Aug 02, 2006, 02:15 PM
hey there

do you have any idea how i could estimate masses (most important to me at the moment are rotor, gerabox, fuselage) for a VTOL UAV in standard configuration with a MTOW of about 180 kg?

so far i tried several empirical formulae but all result in unusable date (negative values etc) because they are derived from much heavier vehicles.

by the way: does anybody know where i could get the boeingvertol formula fur helicopters? unfortunately they're not in my books... (it's only mentioned that tehy exist...)


thanks for any hint...




ps: and i can't just by an vtol heli and measure everything...