The Energy Economy of Aerial Robots
The Energy Economy of Aerial Robots As we all know some reasons for “Why don’t we see flying vehicles/machines around us in a sufficient quantity?”. One of the major reasons for this is the huge amount of energy required by this type of operation (flying) To understand the reasons behind this energy consumption, first, we should have some knowledge of how aerodynamics works. Starting with the commonly known explanation of flight “The drag and thrust due to action of air”, which in simple terms means that “The flying object should produce enough thrust to counter its weight and drag offered by air resistance”. To obtain the required amount of thrust some technical specifications are to be met, this may include wing span to weight ratio, thrust offered by motors/propulsion system, aerodynamic design, etc. Now let us see the energy requirement and other details of different flying objects, 1) Planes (or any flying object based on wings to produce thrust)- Pros- i)