Development of tilt-rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV): conceptual design

This project research presents the conceptual design of a Tilt-rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which can perform vertical take-off and landing as well as cruise by utilizing appropriate tilt angle of the rotor. A remote control will be used to command the maneuver of the aircraft. In addition, this research is focusing on designing the structure part of the UAV, which covers the tilt-rotor UAV based on maximum load maneuver as required by NATO STANAG 4671. This design approach is based on the configuration of V/STOL (Vertical or Short Takeoff and Landing). In conceptual design phase, it basically starts by setting a few specifications for a new aircraft. Every designer has their own approach and angle to set their own basis in developing their conceptual design. However, the conceptual design of the UAV include some vital and significant criteria such as design requirement, estimation of the weight of aircraft, identify some critical performance parameters, type of configuration, performance analysis and optimization. These needs and potential applications provide the motivation for this design project, in the anticipation of designing and building a model VTOL. Improvement and recommendation of new ideas for the success of the UAV are also discussed