Lentamental
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I am in the very early stages of designing a UAV glider to drop off a high altitude balloon similar to this project: https://www.members.shaw.ca/sonde/
I was considering using a rugged lifting body design rather than the usual fragile glider type design, given high speeds of the jet stream, and the possible rough landing in an unknown location.
The problem that I am facing is no matter how much I read, scouring the internet for anything lifting body related, I can find many designs NASA and such have used, but nothing on the general principles of making a lifting body work. I simply have no clue where to start. Once I have a basic design, I can trim from there, but I am kinda stuck without something to use as a base.
For reference, I am trying to have a cell phone, micro controller like an arduino, and a small video camera on board, so we are looking at a payload in the range of 1-2lbs.
If you have any links or can point me in the right direction, that would be greatly appreciated.
I was considering using a rugged lifting body design rather than the usual fragile glider type design, given high speeds of the jet stream, and the possible rough landing in an unknown location.
The problem that I am facing is no matter how much I read, scouring the internet for anything lifting body related, I can find many designs NASA and such have used, but nothing on the general principles of making a lifting body work. I simply have no clue where to start. Once I have a basic design, I can trim from there, but I am kinda stuck without something to use as a base.
For reference, I am trying to have a cell phone, micro controller like an arduino, and a small video camera on board, so we are looking at a payload in the range of 1-2lbs.
If you have any links or can point me in the right direction, that would be greatly appreciated.