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Equations
Power-Thrust Calculations
SETUP
W = 11.3891 [lbf ] All-up weight of UAV
BATTERY
V = 25 Selected motor voltage in volts
PROPELLER
D = 14 [in] Propeller diameter in inches
ft2
Af t = A · 0.006944444 2 Propeller sweep area in square feet
in
FULL THROTTLE
Pin · n
PL = Power loading equation
Af t
1
KV req = RP M /V Required KV of motor
HOVER
PHin · n
P LH = Power loading equation for hover
Af t
T LH = 8.6859 · P L−0.3107
H · 1 [lbf/hp] Thrust loading equation for hover
Lif tHT otal = Lif tH · Nmotor Total lift of the UAV at hover
W
PHinW att = PHin · 745.7 Power input to motor at hover in Watts
hp
ENDURANCE
60 · (C/1000) · NBatt
thover =
IHtot
Full throttle endurance time based on the battery capacity and motor current
with margin of error
thover + tf ullthrottle
taverage = Average endurance time
2
Solution
A = 153.9 in2 Af t = 1.069 ft2
C = 4000 [mAh] D = 14 [in]
ESC req = 22.15 [A] IHmotor = 6.752 [A]
IHtot = 27.01 [A] Imotor = 18.46 [A]
Itot = 73.82 [A] KV req = 280 [rpm/V]
Lif t = 5.695 [lbf] Lif tH = 2.847 [lbf]
Lif tHT otal = 11.39 [lbf] Lif tT otal = 22.78 [lbf]
n = 0.85 N omKV req = 329.4 [rpm/V]
NBatt = 2 Nmotor = 4
P itch = 4.7 [in] P L = 0.492 hp/ft2
2
P LH = 0.18 hp/ft2 PHin = 0.2264 [hp]
PHinW att = 168.8 [W] PHoutW att = 143.5 [W]
Pin = 0.6187 [hp] PinW att = 461.4 [W]
PoutW att = 392.2 [W] RP M = 7000 [rpm]
T L = 10.83 [lbf/hp] T LH = 14.8 [lbf/hp]
taverage = 12.14 [min] tf ullthrottle = 6.502 [min]
thover = 17.77 [min] V = 25 [V]
W = 11.39 [lbf ]
3
[lbf] [W]
1 2 13.53
2 3.5 30.48
3 5 51.13
4 6.5 74.82
5 8 101.1
6 9.5 129.7
7 11 160.5
8 12.5 193.2
9 14 227.7
10 15.5 264
11 17 301.8
12 18.5 341.2
13 20 382.1
14 21.5 424.3
15 23 467.9
16 24.5 512.8
17 26 559
18 27.5 606.4
19 29 655
20 30.5 704.7
21 32 755.5
22 33.5 807.5
23 35 860.4