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- Title
Validation of endurance estimates for battery powered UAVs.
- Authors
Traub, L. W.
- Abstract
An experimental investigation is presented to validate endurance estimates for a battery powered flight vehicle. In this study a radio controlled model aircraft was 'flown' inside a wind tunnel. Various Lithium Ion batteries were used to power the model. Battery electrical characteristics were recorded during each run to assess battery discharge behaviour. Theoretical estimates based upon battery characteristics yielded endurance estimates within 3% of that measured experimentally. The discharge characteristics of the batteries were found to be the largest source of uncertainty for endurance estimates.
- Subjects
DRONE aircraft; LITHIUM-ion batteries; MODEL airplanes; ENDURANCE flights; UNCERTAINTY; WIND tunnels
- Publication
Aeronautical Journal, 2013, Vol 117, Issue 1197, p1155
- ISSN
0001-9240
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0001924000008757