Case study on aerodynamics stability of bixel wing-in-ground effect craft

• Main Authors: Pua'at, Ahmad Afifi, Matdaud, Zulkifli, Zhahir, Amzari, Ahmad, Mohamed Tarmizi, Hassan, Aziz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80865/1/BIXEL.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80865/; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019MS%26E..642a2001P/abstract

Wing-in-ground effect (WIG) crafts fly efficiently by exploiting the ground effect i.e. generating a notable rise in the lift-over-drag ratio when a three-dimensional wing approaches a large flat plane either water or ground surface. A successful WIG craft will create another mode of transportation categorise in between commercial airplanes and marine vessels. Hence, this paper presents a case study of Bixel Wing-In-Ground-Effect aerodynamic (Bixel WIG). The initial task is to simulate Bixel WIG aerodynamic using XFLR5 software. The craft configuration is a double wing flat aerofoil wave rider design with aspect ratio variation from 0.25 to 0.5 as in USA PATENT #5105898 C.BIXEL. Based on the result of the simulation, the design of the six seater double wing Bixel WIG is proposed. The design is benchmarked against Lippisch RHB X-114 and UH-18 SPW.