The Engineering Behind Multicopters

Written by Paul Coco A mechanical engineering student shares his data on multicopter design Technical As seen in the December 2013 issue of Model Aviation. Since the explosion of multicopters, there has been little mention of how to properly design the frame or account for the aerodynamics. There have been multiple blogs and articles, which rely on rules of thumb and experience to determine the proper materials needed to construct the frame or the length of your rotor arms. Even when accounting for aerodynamics, most people only take into perceptive the lift and power of a…