The overall design and full-aircraft aerodynamic simulation of the tilting rotor cargo UAV based on variable shaft angle gear drive

¹ Wuhan Institute of Technology, School of Photoelectric Information and Energy Power, 430000 Wuhan, China
² Wuhan Institute of Technology, School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, 430000 Wuhan, China
³ Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, School of statistics and mathematics, 430000 Wuhan, China
⁴ Hunan University, School of Design, 410082 Changsha, China
⁵ Wuhan Institute of Technology, School of Law and Business, 430000 Wuhan, China

^a Corresponding author: 1042474404@qq.com

Abstract

Traditional tilt rotor aircraft rely on turning the whole engine nacelle, to accomplish the transformation between vertical take-off and landing as well as flying. This scheme has a large rotational inertia and requires a heavy and complex tilting mechanism. the engine jet flow in the process of vertical take-off and landing directly spray down, and this flow could blow up the sand and stone, let engine suck it in or hurt people. So this paper designed a new rotated way based on variable shaft Angle gear transmission. The carrier aircraft design scheme referenced the data come from following software and website. The data of airfoils come from the software profili and the website Airfoil Investigation Database. The pressure distribution as well as air flow simulation and calculation is based on XFLR5. The mechanical, appearance and overall design is based on CATIA. The gear contour design is based on CAXA CAD and the full-aircraft aerodynamic simulation is based on ANSYS/FLUENT. The engine with this design is fixed, so it only needs rotate the tilting rotor shaft, and the mechanical structure is relatively simple, which make this aircraft can play an important role in the future logistics and transportation system.