An Approach To Preliminary Design Of A Quadrotor Cargo UAV

Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are widely used in many different application areas today. UAVs are very cheaper than the other aerial platform and also their give opportunity to users in operating flexibility. It can be mentioned that the cargo transportation of UAV application area has high potential to grow. Compared to traditional highway delivery methods, cargo drones can offer cost savings by eliminating the need for human drivers, reducing fuel consumption, and optimizing delivery routes. Cargo drones can revolutionize the e-commerce industry by offering same-day or even same-hour delivery options. This can improve customer satisfaction, reduce shipping costs, and enable businesses to expand their operations. The main purpose of the study is to develop a preliminary design method for a quadrotor Cargo UAV to be used for cargo transportation. Within the scope of preliminary design activities, the initial sizing, optimizations and performance analyzes of the components were made. By using these results of the design, it was observed that the number of design iterations and the design time were significantly reduced.

Keywords

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
• Product Design
• Optimization
• Cargo Transportation
• Quadrotor

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