Concept design for an unmanned aerial vehicle that will perform exploration missions in Colombia*

One of the major disadvantages due to the topography of Colombia is the exploration and monitoring of power transmission lines and pipelines, the difficult access to the area by the human being does not allow monitoring to enable agile decision to give a prompt and quick solution to problems presented, for this reason the development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has become a solution that allows the exploration of inaccessible areas. This article provides a conceptualization of the model of a UAV, describing the state of art of similar projects for surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, checking the type of aircraft to be used that best perform in flight and stability according to the geography of the country. We present a comparison and analysis of airfoils, type of propulsion system, airframe design and vehicle control surfaces and compare the advantages of a new design against the current Universidad Militar Nueva Granada model. The conceptualization presented here is the start of an initial design and development of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle that will perform surveillance and exploration missions.