Flight and attitude dynamics measurements of an instrumented Frisbee

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 738-748

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Aerodynamics; Attitude; Disc wing; Dynamics; Free flight; Frisbee; Gyrodynamics; Magnetometer; Orientation; Spacecraft; Sun sensor; Video

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETERS; AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE VEHICLES; BIOMECHANICS; DATA ACQUISITION; DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MAGNETOMETERS; MICROCONTROLLERS; SENSORS; SPACECRAFT; WIND TUNNELS;

ATTITUDE; DISC WING; FRISBEE; GYRODYNAMICS; ORIENTATION; SUN SENSORS; VIDEO;

MECHANICAL CONTROL EQUIPMENT;

AERODYNAMICS; DISC; MEASUREMENT METHOD; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

EID: 24144456960     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/3/017     Document Type: Article

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