Flight testing and response characteristics of a variable gull-wing morphing aircraft

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1664-1679

  Abdulrahim, Mujahid ^a,b   Lind, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b 231 MAE A Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC EFFECTS; FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; GULL-WING MORPHING AIRCRAFTS; PROTOTYPE VEHICLES;

AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FEEDBACK; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MANEUVERABILITY; WINGS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 19944381232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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