Hover testing of a small-scale rotor with on-blade elevons

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 96-106

  Fulton, Mark V ^a   Ormiston, Robert A ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; TORSIONAL STRESS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WIND TUNNELS;

ELEVONS; HOVER TESTING;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0035306701     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.46.96     Document Type: Article

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