Flying on air: UAV flight testing with inflatable wing technology

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA 3rd "Unmanned-Unlimited" Technical Conference, Workshop, and Exhibit

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 855-869

  Simpson, Andrew ^a   Santhanakrishnan, Arvind ^a   Jacob, Jamey ^a   Smith, Suzanne ^a   Lumpp, James ^b   Cadogan, Dave ^c   Mackusick, Matt ^c   Scarborough, Stephen ^c  

^a Mechanical Engineering Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c ILC DOVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT TESTING; FORCE TRANSDUCERS; INFLATABLE WINGS; WING MORPHING;

AIRFOILS; FUSELAGES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PRESSURIZATION; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 19644365823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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