Parachute recovery for UAV systems

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 542-551

  Wyllie, Tim ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace industry; Systems development; Technology

Indexed keywords

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; PARACHUTES; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WINGS;

PARAFOIL CANOPIES;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0035780656     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022660110696696     Document Type: Review

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