UAS Engineering Calculators

Navigation, weather, battery, payload, power, SWaP, CG, RF, survey, environmental and network tools behind a consistent evidence-led interface.

This interactive workspace contains 18 calculators for navigation, weather, energy, payload, power, RF and mission planning. Run an individual calculation or use a local aircraft profile to carry supported values between tools.

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Open a tool, enter your values, then calculate and review the results. You can use every calculator without setting up a profile.

18 planning tools

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Select a calculator card to include it in your profile checks; select it again to remove it. Choose Open calculator to enter values directly.

Optional: use a saved aircraft profileSave shared values and run the selected profile checks. Open

Choose or create a profile, select the calculator cards you want in the list, then run the checks. Tools needing a route, weather or other task-specific inputs provide a link to their own page.

Create or edit profile parameters
Aircraft and limits
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Mass properties
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Electric energy system
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Payload
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Planning targets
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Profiles remain in this browser unless exported.

Link route, wind and mission fuel

Build an ordered waypoint route with separate speed, wind and fuel flow for every leg, or use a two-point route. Review the proposed phases before applying them. Selected profile fuel checks remain quick estimates; the linked mission plan uses its own phase inputs.

Route drafts stay in this browser tab. Waypoint coordinate fields stay on the route page; leg names, derived distances, bearings and settings are transferred.

18 calculators

Navigation and geodesy Enter values in the tool

WGS84 Coordinate Converter

Convert WGS84 decimal latitude and longitude into DMS, DDM and standard UTM coordinates.

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Navigation and geodesy Enter values in the tool

Distance, Bearing and Destination Calculator

Build a multi-waypoint route with separate winds, speeds and fuel flows per leg, or convert coordinates and bearings.

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Weather and environment Enter values in the tool

METAR Decoder and UAS Weather Risk Tags

Decode common METAR groups and compare wind, visibility and cloud against entered UAS planning thresholds.

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Weather and environment Enter values in the tool

Crosswind, Headwind and Tailwind Calculator

Calculate sustained and gust crosswind, headwind and tailwind, with separate aircraft wind and component limits.

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Energy and endurance Can use profile values

Battery Pack Builder

Calculate pack voltage, capacity, energy, mass, specific energy and C-rating current from cell configuration.

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Integration and trade studies Can use profile values

Centre of Gravity and Moments Calculator

Calculate total mass, longitudinal moment, centre of gravity and margins against an entered CG envelope and MTOW.

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Mission planning Enter values in the tool

Survey Flight Line and Battery Estimator

Estimate survey line spacing, line count, track distance, turn time, total flight time and battery count.

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Energy and endurance Enter values in the tool

Battery Runtime Calculator

Estimate runtime, usable energy and average electrical power from battery capacity, voltage and load current.

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Energy and endurance Can use profile values

Electric UAS Flight Endurance Estimator

Estimate electric-flight endurance from battery energy, representative current draw, auxiliary load and operational reserve.

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Energy and endurance Can use profile values

Mission Fuel Planner and Endurance Calculator

Import a full waypoint route, use separate winds and speeds per leg, and automatically total mission fuel and reserves.

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Integration and trade studies Can use profile values

Payload and MTOW Budget Calculator

Calculate available payload mass and MTOW margin after platform, energy, fixed-equipment and contingency allowances.

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Integration and trade studies Enter values in the tool

Electrical Power Budget Calculator

Build a multi-component average and peak electrical power budget with source limits and engineering reserve.

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Integration and trade studies Enter values in the tool

SWaP Budget Calculator

Track size, weight and average/peak power across an integrated payload or subsystem against platform allowances.

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RF and networking Enter values in the tool

Estimate free-space received power, EIRP and link margin using explicit gains, losses, sensitivity and fade margin.

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RF and networking Enter values in the tool

First Fresnel Zone Calculator

Calculate first-Fresnel-zone radius and the commonly used 60% clearance target at a selected point on a path.

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RF and networking Enter values in the tool

Radio Horizon Calculator

Estimate combined radio line-of-sight horizon from transmitter/receiver heights and an effective-Earth-radius factor.

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Environment and performance Enter values in the tool

Air Density and Density Altitude Calculator

Estimate pressure altitude, ISA temperature, dry-air density, density ratio and density altitude from elevation, QNH and OAT.

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RF and networking Enter values in the tool

IPv4 Subnet Calculator

Convert an IPv4 address and CIDR prefix into network, broadcast, mask, wildcard and usable-host ranges.

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Calculations run locally. Profiles remain in this browser unless exported.

Use, evidence and limitations

These calculators are planning aids, not design approval, operational authorisation or certified performance data.

  1. Use traceable source values where possible.
  2. Review each calculator’s formula basis and limitations.
  3. Record assumptions with any decision or report.
  4. Replace estimates with measured configuration data as evidence matures.
  5. Use competent engineering, operational and regulatory review before implementation.