Flight power scaling of airplanes, airships, and helicopters: Application to planetary exploration

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 208-214

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; AIRSHIPS; CAVITATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRAG; GRAVITATION; HELICOPTERS; LIFT; LUNAR MISSIONS; PROPELLERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLIGHT POWER; FLIGHT SPEED; MACH NUMBER; PLANETARY EXPLORATION;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0035271849     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2769     Document Type: Article

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