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Aircraft Design:
Agricultural Sprayer/Aerial Firefighter
Design of an agricultural sprayer that can be modified to become an aerial firefighter. The goal is to create an aircraft that can rival or even surpass the AT-802's market share in the current agricultural aircraft market. Numbers and formulas for design were based off Corke's Design of Aircraft. The project was completed in Boston University's ME408: Aircraft Design. The design was done through an excel spreadsheet created by Professor James Geiger from Boston University, and then modeled on solidworks.
Design Point Selection
We used Jane's All the World's Aircraft to find metrics similar or better than primary market competitors. From there we used those constraints estimated in a matching chart in order to find our design point: the power to weight ratio and the wing loading we can use for maximum efficiency.
Fuselage Design
We then designed the fuselage, with the expendable payload and volume requirements in mind. We attempted to keep the weight as low as possible and minimize the drag as well.
Wing & Stabilizer Design
Selected airfoils for wing and stabilizers, as well as positions of the wings, taper, flaps, and stabilizer configuration. We ended up designing a large wing in order to minimalize wing loading.
Final Design & Cost Estimate
Selected airfoils for wing and stabilizers, as well as positions of the wings, taper, flaps, and stabilizer configuration. We ended up designing a large wing in order to minimalize wing loading.
