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Want to design and build a small home built aircraft

 Good morning this is julio vuca in Mozambique maputo I have a to design and built a small airplane that is remote controlled to crop dust but I have not decided it yet on the size, but one thing I am sure of is its weight of 30 kilos and it must fly slowly and low. Now I am asking for help on the wing loading, area, span, size and of what material to build the airplane.

 

Julio Vuca

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glhood said:

For general purposes, shoot for between 20-30 kg/m2 for a lightly loaded airfoil.  In your case, a 3m span with a 50cm chord would give you 1.5 square meter area.  Including your airframe weight plus your 30kg payload, you could see better than a 30 kg/m2 wing loading.  Depending on your airfoil selection you should see pretty docile handling and slow enough speed for crop dusting.  Make sure your tail moments are adequate for the wingspan you use as this will affect handling as well.  Tail volume should be calculated utilizing aerodynamic practices which can be found online.

March 23, 2010 1:08 PM
 

glhood said:

For general purposes, shoot for between 20-30 kg/m2 for a lightly loaded airfoil.  In your case, a 3m span with a 50cm chord would give you 1.5 square meter area.  Including your airframe weight plus your 30kg payload, you could see better than a 30 kg/m2 wing loading.  Depending on your airfoil selection you should see pretty docile handling and slow enough speed for crop dusting.  Make sure your tail moments are adequate for the wingspan you use as this will affect handling as well.  Tail volume should be calculated utilizing aerodynamic practices which can be found online.

March 23, 2010 1:08 PM
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