Peculiar performance of a new lighter-than-air platform for monitoring

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA 4th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Forum, ATIO

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 749-762

  Battipede, M ^a,c   Lando, M ^a,c   Gili, P A ^a,c   Vercesi, P ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Nautilus Srl ^*  (Italy)

^c Aeronautical and Space Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC SURFACES; AIRSHIP; OPERATIVE PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; DRAG; LIFT; SPEED CONTROL; THRUST BEARINGS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 19644375987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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