Overview of Morphing Aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Systems Methodologies and Results – Application on the Cessna Citation X, CRJ-700, UAS-S4 and UAS-S45
Ruxandra Mihaela Botez
Abstract
View Video Presentation: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-1038.vid In this paper, an overview is presented in the areas of Morphing Aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Systems Technologies with focus on work performed at the Laboratory of Active Controls, Avionics and AeroServoElasticity LARCASE at the École de technologie supérieure in University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada. The LARCASE is equipped with two Unmanned Aerial Systems UAS-S4 and UAS-S45, two Level D flight simulators for the Cessna Citation X business aircraft and for the commercial regional jet CRJ-700, and the Subsonic Blow Down Price-Païdoussis Wind Tunnel. All these equipments are all helpful in research realized for morphing aircraft and unmanned aerial systems. The methodologies used in this work conducted to aerodynamic performance improvements in terms of drag reduction, lift, lift-to-drag ratio and rate of climb increased, delay of the flow transition from laminar to turbulent regime, stall delay, fuel consumption reduction and many other benefits interesting in Green Aircraft Technology.