This paper gives an overview of the design, sizing approach, and some tradeoffs associated with the Hexa-Chakra Personal Air Vehicle, designed in accordance with the rules, guidelines, and objectives of the HeroX GoFly competition. The objective of this competition is to design, build, and fly a single-occupant air vehicle to a set of point and mission performance requirements and constraints. This design was directed towards Phase 1 of the three-phase competition. Key design tradeoffs and decisions are described, followed by a description of the overall vehicle design. This is followed by the vehicle sizing and performance analysis approach and a summary of the mass properties and expected performance. The paper concludes with some remarks about future research avenues not related to the GoFly competition that will involve this vehicle configuration.
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