Aerodynamics of micro aerial vehicle (MAV) / Muhd Hanif Hasan

MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE (MAV)...a quite strange name for those who had never heard it. To be more specific, it is a small size aircraft, flying in low speed and having mass less than lOOg. Based on that statement, our MAV design should follow the specifications but not totally at all. This project is attempted to make MAV and fly it. Based on that, we had design MAV, fabricate and test fly together with two groups of Diploma students. The dimension of MAV was 300 mm for span, 200 mm for chord. The weight was around 170g. After fabrication has been done, it was followed by test fly. The result was MAV failed to fly. Starting from there, the testing had been performed to find out the problems that cause the MAV couldn't fly. The results from the testing were used to make a new MAV. The purpose is to make sure that at this level the mission to fly MAV will be achieve. The dimension for the new design was 280 mm for span, 192 mm for root chord. The total weight is around 1 lOg. The design velocity at level flight had been set at lOm/s as well as 0.4 for lift coefficient (CL). This project will be continued by the next students.