Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 95 Issue 3

Guest editorial: The significance of clean and energy-efficient operations in sustainable aviation

Tahir Hikmet Karakoç, Can Özgür Colpan, Ozge Yetik, Alper Dalkıran

Aerodynamic analysis of a logistics UAV wing with compound ducted rotor

Ying-Jie Guan, Yong-Ping Li, Peng Zeng

To solve the problems of short battery life and low transportation safety of logistics drones, this paper aims to propose a design of logistics unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) wing…

Aviation communication: the effect of critical factors on the rate of misunderstandings

Omar Alharasees, Abeer Jazzar, Utku Kale, Daniel Rohacs

Ineffective communication consequences can be life-threatening and drastic. Communication misunderstandings are frequently reported in incidents, accidents and occurrences. This…

Image processing methods decision mechanism for surveillance applications with UAVs

Murat Ayar, Alper Dalkiran, Utku Kale, András Nagy, Tahir Hikmet Karakoc

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has significantly increased in the past decade and nowadays is being used for various purposes such as image processing, cargo…

Development of a novel supervisory controller on a parallel-hybrid powertrain for small unmanned aerial systems

Lionel Dongmo Fouellefack, Lelanie Smith, Michael Kruger

A hybrid-electric unmanned aerial vehicle (HE-UAV) model has been developed to address the problem of low endurance of a small electric UAV. Electric-powered UAVs are not capable…

Technology and solution-driven trends in sustainable aviation

Daniel Rohacs

The primary driver of future aviation has recently been sustainability. The rapid development of radically new, disruptive technologies and solutions should be regularly evaluated…

Initial development of tandem wing UAV aerodynamic configuration

Ivan Kostić, Dragoljub Tanović, Olivera Kostić, Ahmed Ali Irhayim Abubaker, Aleksandar Simonović

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with remote and/or automated flight and mission controls have replaced airplanes with pilots in many important roles. This study aims to deal with…

Aviation operators (pilots, ATCOs) decision-making process

Utku Kale, Omar Alharasees, Jozsef Rohacs, Daniel Rohacs

The purpose of this paper is to investigate and evaluate the subjective decision-making of pilots during final approach with varying degrees of experience for landing and…

Securing ADS-B data transmissions using blockchain: a comprehensive survey and analysis

Swathi Pennapareddy, K. Natarajan

The purpose of this paper is to study the various solutions and recommendations provided by researchers in applying the blockchain concept to different problems in aviation…

An innovation-based actuator/surface fault detection, isolation and filter tuning

Chingiz Hajiyev

The purpose of the paper is to present an innovation-based new actuator/surface fault detection and isolation (FDI) method, which is sensitive to the changes in the innovation…

A review of conventional and new-generation aircraft starter/generators in perspective of electric drive applications

Eyyüp Öksüztepe, Ufuk Kaya, Hasan Kurum

More electric aircraft (MEA) is defined as the extensive usage of electric power in aircraft. The demand for electric power in new generation aircraft rises due to environmental…

Environmentally sustainable airport development: Ukrainian case of decarbonization

Andriy Mishchenko, Alper Dalkıran, Iryna Novakovska, Liliia Skrypnyk, Nataliia Ishchenko

The world society as a whole and Ukraine are realizing that climate change and decarbonization are critical issues. This study aims to determine whether the aviation and…