SAE Aero Design East Aircraft

SAEAERODESIGN EAST2025

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SAE AERODESIGN EAST ADVANCED CLASS

Advanced Class develops advanced aircraft integration skills to execute precision payload delivery and recovery, leveraging concepts such as autonomous flight and flight mode transition in an all-electric aircraft. The Advanced Class mission is based around payload delivery and retrieval from a Designated Landing Zone (DLZ). The Advanced Class mission is broken down into several consecutive segments. Conventional Takeoff, Payload Release or Delivery, Payload Capture, and Return to Base (RTB). Each segment may be attempted autonomously or manually.

Team Arrow has decided to attempt the Advanced Class mission autonomously. By designing an aircraft which can transition between a drone and a fixed-wing aircraft, we can execute the Advanced Class mission autonomously. To test our challenges, for our payload we have chosen a small RC Autonomous Car.

AIRCRAFT SPECIFICATIONS

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Airframe

WINGSPAN 4.5 M
LENGTH 2.8 M
WING AREA 1.8 M²
EMPTY WEIGHT 3.5 KG
MTOW 12 KG
MATERIAL BALSA + CARBON FIBER

Propulsion

MOTOR BRUSHLESS OUTRUNNER
KV RATING 580 KV
PROPELLER 18x10 APC
ESC 100A OPTO
BATTERY 6S 5000mAh LiPo
MAX THRUST 55 N

Performance

CRUISE SPEED 18 M/S
STALL SPEED 8 M/S
MAX SPEED 28 M/S
TAKEOFF DISTANCE 50 M
CLIMB RATE 4 M/S
ENDURANCE 25 MIN

COMPETITION  TEAM

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Dharmik Jha

TEAM CAPTAIN

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Param Mankad

ANALYSIS LEAD

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Vrajesh Mirani

STRUCTURES LEAD

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Vanshi Raiththa

PAYLOAD SUBSYSTEM LEAD

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Vrutik Changela

TREASURER

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Aditya Trivedi

LOGISTICS LEAD

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Soumil Singh

PILOT

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Kush Mehta

PROPULSION LEAD

DESIGN  PROCESS

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Conceptual Design

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Preliminary Design

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Payload Design