Analysis on Propeller Design for Medium-Sized Drone (DJI Phantom 3)
Mohammad Iqmal Mohd Ali1, Azri Nazarain Afandi2, Ahmad Maulan Bardai3
1Mohammad Iqmal Mohd Ali, University Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology, Dengkil, Selangor, Malaysia.
2Azri Nazarain Afandi, University Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology, Dengkil, Selangor, Malaysia.
3Ahmad Maulan Bardai, University Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology, Dengkil, Selangor, Malaysia.
Manuscript received on 04 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 09 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 13 May 2019 | PP: 215-221 | Volume-8 Issue-7S May 2019 | Retrieval Number: G10420587S19/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicles, UAV, has increases in the drastically in these past several years because of their reliability, cost effectiveness and multi-functionality. Stage, research has been made on quadcopter by worldwide researchers. The 3D model of propeller blade of the drone was created using CATIA with dimension. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software is used in this project to analyze the effect of different shape of propeller. There are 3 type of propeller that used in this project which is normal propeller, bullhorn propeller and hybrid bullhorn propeller. The focus of this project is to study and identify the best propeller design for specific drone which is DJI Phantom 3. There is certain parameter is kept constant which are the velocity of the wind, the propeller shape and the RPM of the propeller. The data will be collected to make comparison between the type of design. The best design will be chosen based on good in lift and drag coefficient. These data will be compared among of three propellers to know which one has the best performance.
Keywords: UAV, Propeller Design, Computational Fluid Dynamics, DJI Phantom 3.
Scope of the Article: Computational Techniques in Civil Engineering