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Refer to previous canopy shape research for inspirations on your designs.
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Canopy design log:
Version | Pictures | Descriptions/Notes | Sim Results |
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Can 1 (Ryan) | FA = 0.15m^2 Initial/base draft (Ryan) | Cd = 0.0612 Fd = 1.098 | |
Can 2 (Ryan) | FA = 0.147m^2 Shrank down front of bottom profile (this was a mistake don’t do that) Shrank down tail on the side profile | Cd = 0.0706 Fd = 1.266 | |
Drop 3 | FA = 0.13 m^2 Shrink down tail side profile to reduce low pressure drag Shrink frontal Area | Cd = 0.066 Fd = 1.036 | |
Drop 4 | FA = 0.136 m^2 experiment with rounding out front side profile to give a more “airfoil”-y shape? definitely worse | Cd = 0.072 Fd = 1.173 | |
Drop 5 | FA = 0.1365m^2 very slight concave front of side profile to improve transition from front fillet point of max frontal area pushed back to 1m from 0.9 | Cd = 0.0642 Fd = 1.049 | |
Drop 6 | FA = 0.1737m^2 Standardized guide curves (much higher FA and Fd) Increased concave transition at front | Cd = 0.068 Fd = 1.41 | |
Drop 6 - PoMFA0.9 | FA = 0.173 m^2 PoMFA = 0.9m | Cd = 0.0704 Fd = 1.458 | |
Drop 6 - PoMFA1.1 | FA = 0.16977688 m^2 PoMFA = 1.1m | Cd = 0.0698 Fd = 1.42 | |
Drop 6 - PoMFA1.1 2 | FA = 0.16200763 PoMFA = 1.1m | Cd = 0.0694 Fd = 1.347 | |
Drop 6 - PoMFA1.1 3 | FA = 0.16845423 m^2 PoMFA = 1.1m | Cd = 0.070 Fd = 1.411 | |
Bullet v1 (Gavin) | FA = 0.1458 m^2 Initial Bullet design
| Cd = 0.0701 Fd = 1.222 | |
Teardrop v1 | FA = 0.1365 m^2 Base teardrop canopy | Cd = 0.0666 Fd = 1.088 | |
Teardrop v3 | FA = 0.166 m^2 Bottom profile made a little straighter, especially near front of canopy | Cd = 0.0668 Fd = 1.328 | |
Teardrop v3.5 | FA = 0.166 m^2 Same canopy as v3, except straightened side profile at the back Performed slightly worse - we can assume that a straight profile will not perform as well (tested in v5.5 - 5.6 as well) | Cd = 0.0669 Fd = 1.330 | |
Teardrop v4 | FA = 0.1478 Flatter side profile , performed much worse than something slightly rounder like v3 | Cd = 0.0735 Fd = 1.300 | |
Teardrop v4.5 | FA = 0.1478 Rounded the side profile and bottom profile out at the front | Cd = 0.0650 Fd = 1.150 | |
Teardrop v5 | FA = 0.1478 Rounded side profile more | Cd = 0.0649 Fd = 1.147 | |
Teardrop v5.5 | FA = 0.1410 Slightly straighter side profile in back half Very low FA | Cd = 0.0639 Fd = 1.078 | |
Teardrop v5.6 | FA = 0.1410 Only change from 5.5 is a very straight back profile, which again did not perform as well | Cd = 0.0667 Fd = 1.126 |
Keeping Frontal Area Constant
Version | Pictures | Notes | Results |
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v4 | cd = 0.0637 fd = 1.342 | ||
v4.5 | cd = 0.0625 fd = 1.317 | ||
v4.6 | cd = 0.0617 fd = 1.300 | ||
v4.6.1 | same as v4.6 but slightly straighter side profile at the back | cd = 0.0629 fd = 1.324 | |
v4.6.2 | same as v4.6 but much straighter side profile at the back | cd = 0.0649 fd = 1.367 | |
v4.7 | sim didn’t run! | ||
v4.8 | cd = 0.0632 fd = 1.330 | ||
v4.8.1 | Same as v4.8, but straighter side profile at the back Results do not follow the same trend as v5.5 / v5.6 | cd = 0.0626 fd = 1.318 | |
v5 | cd = 0.0639 fd = 1.346 | ||
v5.5 | cd = 0.0664 fd = 1.398 | ||
v5.6 | cd = 0.0702 fd = 1.479 | ||
v5.7 | cd = 0.0657 fd = 1.384 | ||
v5.8 | cd = 0.0664 fd = 1.397 | ||
Consider Manufacturability
Keep frontal areas the same- less variation in results
Meeting with interiors for canopy integration
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