UAV aerial refueling - Wind tunnel results and comparison with analytical predictions

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 316-323

  Blake, William B ^a,c   Dickes, Edward G ^b,d   Gingras, David R ^b,d  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Bihrle Applied Research   (United States)

^c Air Vehicles Directorate   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION; WIND TUNNELS;

AERIAL REFUELING; ROLLING MOMENT; TUNNEL TESTS; WING SPAN;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 19644392320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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