Development and flight testing of a UAV with inflatable-rigidizable wings

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 10881-10891

  Usui, Michiko ^a   Simpson, Andrew ^a   Smith, Suzanne ^a   Jacob, Jamey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT TESTING; INFLATABLE-RIGIDIZABLE WINGS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; UV-CURABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNMANNED VEHICLES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 2942707948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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