Mission Statement

"Design and construct a supersonic unmanned aerial vehicle that will break the world UAV speed record and utilize a fluid injection thrust vectoring control system."

Aerodynamics
Nose Inlet
Simplifies duct design Requires less extensive wind tunnel testing / CFD modeling

Structures
Using almost all carbon fiber composite. 3g limit and 100 kPa duct pressure with safety factor of 1.25 Wings have a spar and rib structure At end of inlet duct, max allowable stress of 2280 MPa, max predicted of 2000 MPa

Thrust Vectoring
Use fluidic injection to critically choke flow and provide thrust vectoring in nozzle Create prediction models for secondary flow properties required to maintain critical throat area Verify/augment models with physical test data collected through modification on the SWIFT supersonic tunnel Use as 1- D nozzle choking as proof of concept for later thrust skewing nozzle

Project Requirements

Sears-Haack Fuselage
Minimizes shockwave drag

Better low-speed performance than standard delta Easier to manufacture than Ogee wing

30 0.11 25 0.1

Fluid Injection Distance Required for Choking (mm)

Aircraft shall achieve supersonic flight Aircraft shall be under 50 kg Aircraft shall meet all requirements for FAI speed record Aircraft shall incorporate a fluidic thrust vectoring system for yaw control Aircraft shall meet all requirements for testing at EAFB or similar facility

Cranked Arrow Planform

Mass flow ratio vs Primary Flow Pressure

Injection Distance vs Regulator Pressure

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.01 2 3 4 5 6 x 10 7
5

0.11 0.1

Freestream mdot (kg/s)

20

0.08 0.07

15

0.06 0.05

10

0.04 0.03

5 0.02 0.01 0 2 3 4 5 6 x 10 7
5

Tail-less Design

Regulator Pressure (Pa)

Regulator Pressure (Pa)

Mission Profile

Significant drag reduction Yaw supplied by thrust vectoring Roll and pitch both supplied by elevons (elevators + ailerons)

Manufacturing
Carbon fiber wings and fuselage
High strength Low weight

Composite molds
CNCd female molds Entire UAV out from two molds Carbon fiber

Aircraft parameters
Characteristics
Fuselage Length Wing Span CG Location AC Location Main Gear Position

Flight Computer
NI sbRIO Specifications

Propulsion
Custom afterburning turbojet engine Centrifugal compressor for good compression on small scale Incorporating afterburner significantly increases thrust 8.2''x5.6''-Size 110-3.3V Digital I/O 32-Analog Inputs 292 g-Mass 400 MHz-Processing Speed 256 MB-Internal Storage

Resuable Molds

Testing

Dimensions
1.87 m 1.25 m 0.84 m 0.75 m 0.70 m

Fully Autonomous System

Note : Dimensions measured from the nozzle exit

Mass Breakdown
Fuselage

Integration of Controls and Programming in LabVIEW Sensors Controls Every Aspect of GUI Based, Reusable Code Flight

Controls
Elevons
Moment (N*m)

Pitch Moment (Take off) 1000 0 -1000 -2000 -3000 -4000 -5000 -6000 -7000 width = 10cm width = 20cm width = 30cm

22%

30% 11%

Wings Landing Gear

Modify SWIFT supersonic wind tunnel Manual pressure control out of reservoir tank Secondary line pressure and mass flow controlled electronically Secondary line injected at throat of test nozzle Wind Tunnel Testing at Air Force Academy in Summer 2011 Subsonic, Transonic and Supersonic Testing Mach 0.3 1.8

11%
20% 6%

Length : 0.50 m Width : 0.05 m

Engine Electrical

Total Weight = 50 kg

Fuel & Fuel System

Take off speed : 54 m/s (105 knots) Landing speed : 40 m/s (78 knots) Pitching moment : 25 Nm @ CL0 = 0.01

50

100

150 200 Velocity (m/s)

250

300

350

University of Colorado

Aerospace engineering Sciences

Project Advisers : Dr. Ryan Starkey & Joseph Tanner

Freestream mdot (kg/s)

0.09

0.09

Mass flow ratio (%)