RC PLANE WITH

SLATS AND FLAPS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL

AEROMODELLING CLUB
IIT KANPUR
PROJECT BY
ARPIT KHUNTETA
SANDEEP SINGH
POONAM RAUT
ANSHITA AGRAWAL

INSPIRATION :
WE WERE THINKING ABOUT INCREASING THE LIFT OF THE PLANE. BY
INCREASING THE ANGLE OF ATTACK LIFT CAN BE INCREASED. SO WE
THOUGHT THAT IF WE COULD MAKE MOVABLE SLATS THEN IT WILL SERVE
OUR PURPOSE. HENCE WE DECIDED TO MAKE MOVABLE SLATS AND
SEARCHED DIFFERENT MECHANISMS OF MOVABLE SLATS AND FINALLY
DESIGNED OUR OWN MECHANISM!.
WE ARE PLANNING IF WE CAN GET SOME STASICAL DATA USING SOME
SENSORS, DURING ITS FLIGHT, SO AS TO SEE HOW PRACTICALLY SLATES ARE
USEFUL.
DETAILS ABOUT THE PLANE
1.

WING :
WE USED DESIGNFOIL SOFTWARE TO DECIDE THE AIRFOIL
SHAPE OF THE WING. AIRFOIL IS SHAPE OF THE CROSS SECTION
OF THE WING.

WE CHOSE NACA 3415 WHERE

# 3 IS MAX HEIGHT AS A PERCENTAGE OF CHORD.
# 40 IS MAX CAMBER LOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF CHORD.
AN AIRFOIL WHICH IS IS NOT SYMMETRIC IS CALLED CAMBER.
# 15 IS MAX AIRFOIL THICKNESS AS A PERCENTAGE OF CHORD.

CHORD LENGTH OF AIRFOIL : 25 cm

TOTAL WING SPAN : 150 cm
TOTAL AIRFOILS USED 14 WITH EQUAL SPACING.
WE USED 3 mm BALSA FOR AIRFOILS.

 WE CONNECTED ALL AIRFOILS THROUGH CONNECTING RODS.

TWO CONNECTING RODS WERE THERE AT LEADING AND
TRAILING EDGES AND T & I SHAPED CONNECTING RODS
WITHIN THE AIRFOIL.

WE MADE THE WINGS IN TWO PARTS AND THEN JOINT THE

THEM BY LAYERS OF BALSA TO GIVE IT PROPER STRENGH. WE
USED 6 SHEETS OF 3 mm BALSA TO MAKE THESE JOINTS.

 WE JOINT TWO ROUND STYROFORM AT EITHER ENDS OF THE

WING TO GIVE IT PROPER SHAPE AND USED TAPES TO GIVE IT
STRENGTH.
WE COVERED THE PLANE BY PLASTIC COVER.

2.SLATS :
# WE MADE SLATS BY USING STYROFORM AND USED TAPING TO
GIVE IT STENGTH. IT WAS A FREE HAND SHAPING BY SAND PAPER.
# THE SHAPE OF THE SLATS ACCORDING TO MEASUREMENTS OF
AIRFOIL.

SLAT MECHANISM:
WE USED A SMALL PIECE OF PLYWOOD AND HINGED IT TO THE LEADING
EDGE OF WING THROUGH CLIPS SO THAT IT CAN MOVE INDEPENDENT OF
OTHER PART OF WING.
WE ATTACHED THIS ROD TO A SERVO SO THAT IT CAN CONTROL ITS
MOVEMENT .

USES OF MOVABLE SLATS :

1. SLATS INCREASE THE EFFECTIVE CHORD LENGTH OF AND THUS
INCREASE THE LIFT COEFFICIENT. The lift coefficient
is equal to

is the lift force,

is fluid density
is true airspeed( speed of the body relative to a static point on the
earth's surface)
is dynamic pressure, and
is planform area.

2. SLATS ALSO HELP IN DELAYING FLOW SEPERATION.

3. THE LEADING EDGE SLATS ALLOW THE STEEP CLIMB ANGLE UPTO
30 DEGEES.

FLAPS:
# WE MADE FLAPS BY USING STYROFORM AND FREE HAND SHAPING WITH
SAND PAPER. WE USED TAPING TO GIVE IT PROPER STRENGH. WE MADE IT
CONTINUOUS FOR STABILITY.
# WE JOINED THE FALPS TO THE WING BY PLASTIC HINGES.
USES OF FLAPS:
1. FLAPS INCREASE THE SWEPT AREA AND HENCE THE LIFT
GENERATED IS INCREASED.

2. EXTENDED FLAPS INCREASE THE DRAG COEFFICIENT WHICH

HELPS IN DECREASING THE SPEED OF THE PLANE DURING
LANDING.

THE FUSELAGE OF THE PLANE:

WE USED CORO FOR FUSELAGE CONSTRUCTION AND STRENGTHENED IT BY
DOUBLING THE LAYERS AT THE BASE.THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWSWidth-10cm
Max. Height-10cm

THE SHAPE OF THE FUSELAGE WAS MADE SUCH THAT IT CAN SUPPORT
WEIGHT OF THE WING PROPERLY .
SO WE GAVE ANGLES TO LATER PORTION OF FUSELAGE . THE FUSELAGE WAS
DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS .THE LATER PART WAS STRENGHTHENED BY FILLING
IT WITH STYROFORM.
FOR THE FORMER PART WE USED PLY WOOD TO FIX THE MOTOR AND
ATTATCHED IT BY USING MOLTEN PLASTIC.
WE ALSO USED PLY IN INNER PARTS OF FUSELAGE.
AND TO PROVIDE PROPER SUPPORT TO THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL
STABILIZER WE SUPPORTED CORO BY BALSA WOOD.
THE LANDING GEAR WAS PLACED IN SAME LINE AS OF WING NEAR THE CENRE
OF GRAVITY OF THE PLANE.

WE PROVIDED REQUIRED STRENGH AT THE LANDING GEAR POSITION BY

USING PLY ON BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE WHICH
HELPED IN DISTRIBUTION
OF LOAD UNIFORMLY.

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STABILIZERS :

WE USED 6mm BALSA WOOD FOR VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER .
STABILIZERS WERE SHAPED WITH INNER PART BROADER AND OUTER PART
NARROWER.

THE STABILIZERS WERE MADE HOLLOW TO REDUCE WEIGHT AS MUCH AS

POSSIBLE.
WE FIXED THEM INTO THE SLOTS MADE IN REAR PART OF FUSELAGE .
TO PREVENT AIR FLOW THROUGH THE STABILIZERS , WE COVERED THEM
WITH PLASTIC SHEETS AND TIGHTENED IT USING AIR BLOWER.
ELEVATOR:
ELEVATORS WERE MADE IN RHOMBUS SHAPE AND WAS MOVED BY
ATTATCHING IT VIA PLASTIC HINGES TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.THEY WERE
MOVED TO PROVIDE PROPER DIRECTION TO PLANE .

RUDDER:
RUDDER WAS ALSO MADE IN RHOMBUS SHAPE BUT WAS CONNECTED TO
VERTICAL STABILIZER.IT WORKED IN SAME WAY AS ELEVATOR.RUDDER USED TO
MOVE LEFT AND RIGHT MOTION.

SERVOS:
WE USED 6 SERVOS IN THIS PLANE. TWO SERVOS EACH FOR RUDDER
AND ELEVATOR, TWO FOR SLATS ,AND TWO FOR FLAPS. WE USED HINGES
AND RODS TO CONNECT IT TO THE RESPECTIVE PARTS AND CONTROL THE
MOVEMENTS.
WE USED Y CONNECTOR FOR THE MOVEMENT OF FLAPS SO THAT
IT CAN ACT BOTH AS FLAPS AND ALLERONS.
WE USED MOLTEN PLASTIC TO CONNECT SERVOS TO PLANE.

ELECTRONICS IN THE PLANE:

2600mah lipo battery

9gm servo
NTM electric motor 1100kv
30amp ESC
11X6 propeller
connectors

PROBLEMS FACED:

1. DECIDING SLAT MECHANISM :

FIRSTLY WE THOUGHT OF A DIFFERENT MECHANISM BUT IT DIDNT
WORKED OUT PROPERLY . SO WE SWITCHED TO ANOTHER
MECHANISM.

2. MINIMIZING WEIGHT:
WE FACED THE MAJOR PROBLEM IN MINIMIZING THE WEIGHT OF
PLANE. SO WE AVOIDED MAKING MOST OF THE PARTS SOLID

3.STRENGTHNING OF FUSELAGE:
IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME IN DECIDING WHERE TO GIVE MORE
STRENGH.

4. IN ASSEMBLY OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STABILIZER:

HINGES WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY STRONG SO WE USED TO REPLACE
IT REPEATEDLY.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
*GOOGLE
*RC GROUP FORUM
*OUR COORDINATORS