Design and Modeling of a Ducted Fan Manned Aerial Vehicle

With the developing need for aerial vehicles with the capability to hover, the ducted-fan design is becoming a more acceptable design option over the conventional rotorcraft design. The unique flight characteristics of such vehicles necessitate a design environment that is able to model and simulate the flight dynamics of ducted fan vehicles accurately. The ability to model and simulate the flight characteristics in the preliminary design phase provides the chance for the designer to make vital design decisions early on in the vehicle development program while reducing the potential of unexpected flight behavior later on. In this paper a new mechanism for manned flight is presented. The design and modeling of ducted fans are presented here.

Keywords:

ducted fan , manned flight , simulation