Development of Design Methodology for a Small Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Table 2

Cranfield solar UAV specification.

Description	Specification
Wing airfoil	AG24, AG25, AG26
Tail airfoil	HT21
Length (m)	1.8
Wing span (m)	3.7
Wing aspect ratio	16.4
Wing area (dm^2)	83.6
PowerFilm MP3-37 solar module area (dm^2)	79.0
Peak electric motor operating power (W)	500
Structure mass (kg)	0.986
Hacker X-40 Pro electronic speed controller mass (kg)	0.050
Hacker A30-14L electric motor & mounting mass (kg)	0.160
13 × 8 folding propeller & propeller adapter mass (kg)	0.020
Eyecam 2.4 GHz micro wireless video camera mass (kg)	0.050
LC-18650-JP-2600 lithium-ion polymer battery pack mass (kg)	1.050
Futaba R617FS 7-channel 2.4 GHz receiver mass (kg)	0.010
Hitec HS-85MG Servos mass (kg)	0.044
Eagle Tree inboard system mass (kg)	0.200
Connector & wire mass (kg)	0.030
Total solar module mass (kg)	0.400
Take-off mass (kg)	3.0