The birth of flight control: An engineering analysis of the wright brothers' 1902 glider

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 1078, 2003, Pages 697-718

  Padfield, G D ^a   Lawrence, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; GLIDERS; HISTORY; LIFT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLIGHT DYNAMICS; ROLL-YAW CONTROL SYSTEM; THREE-AXIS CONTROL SYSTEM; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0347720999     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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