Development and testing of a full-scale piloted ornithopter

Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 72-82

  DeLaurier, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAPPING WING AIRCRAFT; ORNITHOPTER; UNDERCARRIAGE DESIGN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COCKPITS (AIRCRAFT); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; REMOTE CONTROL; WINGS;

AIRCRAFT MODELS;

EID: 0032686026     PISSN: 00082821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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