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Francesco Giannini
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Contents
• Intro to Aurora
• Motivation & approach for the full-scale vehicle
• Technical challenges
• Design and building the subscale models
• Lessons learned
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Issued & Pending Highest Altitude Flown
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https://vertipedia.vtol.org/vstol/wheel.htm
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Aurora – BCG DV concept:
All-Electric VTOL Aircraft Design
No safety critical
single points of failure
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Design challenges: Need to look out for negative wing-
rotor interactions during transition
HOVER TRANSITION
Rotor lift Rotor lift
(reduced due to wing
interaction)
Wing
lift
v Download
from rotor
wash
Note: For rigid, free-flight models where compressibility and Mach number effects not of concern
Chambers, J. Modeling Flight: The Role of Dynamically Scaled Free-Flight Models in Support of NASA’s
Aerospace Programs NASA SP 2009-575
2.0 m
Mass, kg 12.5
Span, m 2.0
Rotor diameter, cm 35.5
Cruise prop diameter, cm 30.5
Cruise motor, max, kW 2.0
Lift motors (max/cont), W 600/300
Max Speed, km/h 90
Hover time, min. 7.0
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