College - Author 1
College of Engineering
Department - Author 1
Aerospace Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Aerospace Engineering
Date
3-2011
Primary Advisor
William Durgin, College of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
This report describes how the scale-model aircraft can be built when the Reynolds number is out of range for using dynamic similitude method. Due to lack of time and budget for designing an actual model for testing, Cessna 172 was used to calculate the size of the temporary scale-model aircraft. The method that was used for this project was matching aerodynamic coefficients such as drag coefficient or lift coefficient of the prototype and the model. Based on this method, the takeoff distance, landing distance and the rate of climb of the model came out to be 218 ft, 91 ft and 11.1 fpm respectively. Since the performance data of the actual Cessna 172 is already given, calculating those data from the model was avoided.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/aerosp/36