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http://dx.doi.org/10.12673/jant.2021.25.1.29

Preliminary Conceptual Design of a Multicopter Type eVTOL using Reverse Engineering Techniques for Urban Air Mobility  

Choi, Won-Seok (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Sejong University)
Yi, Dong-Kyu (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Sejong University)
Hwang, Ho-Yon (Department of Aerospace Engineering, and Department of Convergence Engineering for Intelligent Drone, Sejong University)
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Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology / v.25, no.1, 2021 , pp. 29-39 More about this Journal
Abstract
As a means of solving traffic congestion in the downtown of large city, the interest in urban air mobility (UAM) using electric vertical take-off landing personal aerial vehicle (eVTOL PAV) is increasing. eVTOL configurations that will be used for UAM are classified by lift-and-cruise, tilt rotors, tilt-wings, tilted-ducted fans, multicopters, depending on propulsion types. This study tries to perform preliminary conceptual design for a given mission profile using reverse engineering techniques by taking the multicopter type Airbus's CityAirbus as a basic model. Wetted area, lift to drag ratio, drag coefficients were calculated using the OpenVSP which is an aerodynamic analysis software. The power required for each mission section of CityAirbus were calculated, and the corresponding battery and motor were selected. Also, total weight was predicted by estimating component weights of eVTOL.
Keywords
eVTOL; UAM; PAV; Multicopter; Aircraft design;
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