Design and Fabrication of VTOL Drone
The demand of fixed wing VTOL has increased drastically over past few years. To overcome the needs, the fixed wing tilt rotor VTOL drone is one of the advanced technique due to its simple construction. A fixed wing VTOL for small scale applications will go through the process of design and fabr
2025-06-28 16:26:23 - Adil Khan
Design and Fabrication of VTOL Drone
Project Area of Specialization Mechatronics EngineeringProject SummaryThe demand of fixed wing VTOL has increased drastically over past few years. To overcome the needs, the fixed wing tilt rotor VTOL drone is one of the advanced technique due to its simple construction. A fixed wing VTOL for small scale applications will go through the process of design and fabrication. The final system will then used for other purposes with slight modifications.
Project ObjectivesFollowing are the objectives
- To control the speed of motors
- To stabilize the drone
- To hover the drone
- To change the flight modes
The demand for fixed wing vertical Take-Off and Landing drones are increasing drastically over past few years. To overcome the need fixed wing tilt rotor is most advanced drone due to its simple construction. These drones can be used in agricultural sector as well as in cargo delivery sector and also for food delivery.
Moreover it can also be used for some applications in industrial level i.e in construction industry to investigate the site.
- They generally have a high payload capacity
- They generally have long flight times
- They’re typically quite stable
- They can generally reach high airspeeds
- They typically have a high coverage/range
- They can partially or completely glide for extended periods of time
For the mathematical modelling, we calculated the weight of the drone including each and every component of the drone. After that we calculated the wing area by keeping the aspect ratio=7.
After that we calculated the lift, hovering force, stall velocity, wing loading and thrust to weight ratio
All these parameters afre being iterated once we have optimal value, then we will move towards fabrication. Once fabrication is completed, experiments will be carried out to verify the performance of prototype
Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry AgricultureOther Industries Education , Others Core Technology RoboticsOther Technologies 3D/4D Printing, OthersSustainable Development Goals Affordable and Clean Energy, Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureRequired Resources| Item Name | Type | No. of Units | Per Unit Cost (in Rs) | Total (in Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total in (Rs) | 56320 | |||
| Carbon Rod | Equipment | 2 | 1200 | 2400 |
| Servo Motor | Equipment | 4 | 280 | 1120 |
| ESC | Equipment | 3 | 2450 | 7350 |
| Transmitter/ Reciever | Equipment | 1 | 12500 | 12500 |
| BLDC Motor | Equipment | 3 | 850 | 2550 |
| Pixhawk Flight Controller | Equipment | 1 | 14500 | 14500 |
| Battery 2200mah | Equipment | 1 | 3600 | 3600 |
| 3D Printing Fuselage | Equipment | 1 | 3200 | 3200 |
| Deproan Foam | Equipment | 3 | 700 | 2100 |
| Power Module | Equipment | 1 | 1200 | 1200 |
| Power Distribution Board | Equipment | 1 | 300 | 300 |
| Propeller 5 inches | Equipment | 4 | 125 | 500 |
| Delivery charges | Miscellaneous | 8 | 250 | 2000 |
| Tavelling (Petrol) | Miscellaneous | 2 | 1500 | 3000 |