A2 Aero Micro - 20F12 Preliminary Proposal Tyler Darnell Colton Farrar Zachary S. Kayser Thomas O’Brien Daniel Varner 2020 Project Sponsor: W. L. GORE Faculty Advisor: David Alexander Trevas 1 DISCLAIMER This report was prepared by students as part of a university course requirement. While considerable effort has been put into the project, it is not the work of licensed engineers and has not undergone the extensive verification that is common in the profession. The information, data, conclusions, and content of this report should not be relied on or utilized without thorough, independent testing and verification. University faculty members may have been associated with this project as advisors, sponsors, or course instructors, but as such they are not responsible for the accuracy of results or conclusions. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents DISCLAIMER .............................................................................................................................................. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................. 3 1.0 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Project Description ....................................................................................................................... 5 2.0 Requirements ...................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Customer Requirements (CRs) ..................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Engineering Requirements (ERs) ................................................................................................. 6 2.3 Quality Functional Deployment (QFD) and House of Quality (HoQ) ......................................... 7 2.4 Functional Decomposition ........................................................................................................ 7 2.4.1 Black Box Model ........................................................................................................ 7 2.4.2 Functional Model ........................................................................................................ 8 3.0 DESIGN SPACE RESEARCH ........................................................................................................... 9 3.1 Literature Review ......................................................................................................................... 9 3.1.1 Tyler Darnell .................................................................................................................... 9 3.1.2 Colton Farrar ............................................................................................................. 10 3.1.3 Zachary S. Kayser ..................................................................................................... 10 3.1.4 Thomas O’Brien ............................................................................................................ 11 3.1.5 Daniel Varner ............................................................................................................ 12 3.2 State of the Art – Benchmarking ............................................................................................ 13 3.2.1 System Level State of the Art – Benchmarking ............................................................. 13 3.2.1.1 Existing Design #1: Conventional Aircraft ....................................................... 13 3.2.1.2 Existing Design #2: Flying Wing ..................................................................... 14 3.2.1.3 Existing Design #3: Unique Design ................................................................. 14 3.3 Subsystem Level State of the Art Benchmarking ....................................................................... 15 3.3.1 Subsystem #1: Landing Gear ........................................................................... 15 3.3.1.1 Taildragger ...................................................................................................................... 15 3.3.1.2 Tricycle ........................................................................................................................... 15 3.3.1.3 Monowheel with Outriggers ........................................................................................... 15 3.3.2 Subsystem #2: Wings........................................................................................... 16 3.3.2.1 Existing Design #1: Traditional Rectangular Wings ....................................................... 17 3.3.2.2 Existing Design #2: Tapered Wings ................................................................................ 17 3.3.2.3 Existing Design #3: Unique Wings ................................................................................. 17 3.3.2.4 Existing Design: Airfoil Selection .............................................................................. 18 3.3.3 Subsystem #3: Tails ............................................................................................. 19 3.3.3.1 Existing Design #1: Conventional Tail ........................................................................... 19 3.3.3.2 Existing Design #2: Boom Tail ....................................................................................... 20 3 3.3.3.3 Existing Design #3: Cruciform Tail ................................................................................ 21 4.0 CONCEPT GENERATION .............................................................................................................. 21 4.1 Full System Concepts ................................................................................................................. 21 4.1.1 Full System Design #1: Standard Aircraft ..................................................................... 21 4.1.2 Full System Design #2: Flying Wing ............................................................................. 22 4.1.3 Full System Design #3: Unique Aircraft ........................................................................ 22 4.2 Subsystem Concepts ................................................................................................................... 23 4.2.1 Subsystem #1: Landing Gear ......................................................................................... 23 4.1.1.1 Design #1: Tricycle with outrigger ....................................................................... 23 4.1.1.2 Design #2: Taildragger ................................................................................................ 23 4.1.1.3 Design #3: Monowheel with Outrigger ....................................................................... 24 4.1.1.4 Design #4: Tandem with Outrigger ............................................................................. 25 4.1.1.5 Design #5: Tricycle ..................................................................................................... 25 4.1.2 Subsystem #2: Wings ................................................................................................ 25 4.1.2.1 Design #1: Traditional Rectangular Wings ................................................................. 26 4.1.2.2 Design #2: Tapered Wings .......................................................................................... 26 4.1.2.3 Design #3: Elliptical Wings ........................................................................................ 27 4.1.2.4 Design #4: Delta Wings .............................................................................................. 27 4.1.2.5 Design #5: Delta Elliptical Wings ............................................................................... 27 4.1.2.6 Airfoil Design/Selection ............................................................................................. 28 4.1.3 Subsystem #3: Tails................................................................................................... 29 4.1.3.1 Design #1: Conventional ............................................................................................. 29 4.1.3.2 Design #2: T-Tail ......................................................................................................... 29 4.1.3.3 Design #3: Cruciform .................................................................................................. 30 4.1.3.4 Design #4: Dual .......................................................................................................... 30 4.1.3.5 Design #5: Boom ........................................................................................................ 30 5.0 DESIGNS SELECTED – First Semester......................................................................................... 31 5.1 Technical Selection Criteria ........................................................................................................ 31 5.2 Rationale for Design Selection ................................................................................................... 31 6.0 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 34