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Study on application of winglets in drones
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Abstract
With the rapid development of drone technology, methods to improve drone performance have emerged endlessly. Reducing air resistance can significantly improve drones’ fight performance. The winglet is used to control the turbulence and vortices. The widespread application of winglets in the field of military and civil aviation has enabled winglets to be applied to drones to improve flight range and economic efficiency. As different winglets have different impacts on drones’ flight performance, this article focuses on the influence of different winglets on enhancing lift and reducing resistance of small civilian drones. In detail, three representative winglets are taken as the specific research objects, including the fusion winglet, the double fork scimitar winglets, and wingtip fence. The aerodynamic characteristics and the structural designs are comprehensively introduced. The importance of winglets in improving aircraft performance, energy saving and environmental protection is briefly explained. This article may offer a reference for the design of drones.
Keywords
Induced Drag, Winglet, Drone
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computing Innovation and Applied Physics
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-191-9
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-192-6
- Published Date
- 30 November 2023
- Series
- Theoretical and Natural Science
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-8818
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-8826
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-8818/14/20240906
- Copyright
- 30 November 2023
- Open Access
- This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited