Tilt Duct Vertical Takeoff and Landing Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Concept Design Study

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-223

  Armutcuoǧlu, Özlem ^a,b,c   Kavsaoǧlu, Mehmet Şerif ^a,b,d   Tekinalp, Ozan ^a,b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; DRAG; PERFORMANCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY; WINGS;

AIRFOIL DRAG COEFFICIENTS; TILTING ROTORS; UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WING SPAN;

VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT;

EID: 2342624608     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.271     Document Type: Article

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