5. Conclusion

5.1 Practical Applications

Our research on the different types of airfoils and wing types benefit the fixed-wing drone industry. Current airfoils and shapes are more or less standardized. Hence we are looking
forward to discovering different types of airfoils to help in various sectors such as longer sustained flight or faster speeds. This will benefit different types of fixed wing drones in the industry.

With a more efficient wing design, a powered fixed-wing drone can fly fartherdue to a more efficient wing requiring less energy to generate lift.

5.2 Areas for further study

We can attach motors to the plane design to see which is fuel efficient. This is because range does not determine the efficiency. An example would be the Concord vs a Airbus A320. The Concord can fly faster and further but it uses more fuel that and other reasons was why it stopped service.
While the A320 has a swept wing design and it uses a far lesser amount of fuel to travel about the same distance..

Figure 4: An A320 with swept wing design from Scoot

Figure 5: A Concord from SIA back in the days when it was still in service