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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
The Wulung
UAV has been carefully engineered to facilitate various surveillance and
reconnaissance missions in Indonesian airspace. Flight endurance emerged as an
important determinant of the UAV's overall performance. This research utilizes
OpenVSP software, an open-source tool for aerodynamic simulation, to assess the
design of the Wulung UAV. The research involves developing a UAV model
featuring various taper ratio and sweep angle configurations using OpenVSP.
Furthermore, aerodynamic simulations were conducted to ascertain the flight
duration corresponding to each configuration. The analysis results show that
the combination of a reduced taper ratio and an increased sweep angle with a
value constraint can increase the flight duration of the Wulung UAV due to an
increase in the lift-to-drag ratio. OpenVSP has demonstrated its performance as
an instrument for preliminary analysis of the impact of wing design on UAV
performance, and the results of this study can provide a basic foundation for
optimizing the design of the Wulung UAV to achieve superior flight endurance.
Country : Indonesia
IRJIET, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2025 pp. 121-125