Development of the Black Widow and Microbat MAVs and a vision of the future of MAV design

AIAA\ICAS International Air and Space Symposium and Exposition: The Next 100 Years

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Keennon, Matthew T ^a   Grasmeyer, Joel M ^a  

^a AEROVIRONMENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC TOOLS; FIXED WINGS; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE CONTROL; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; OPERATIONAL USE; OPTIMIZATION TOOLS; PROPULSION SYSTEM; STATE OF THE ART; SUBSYSTEM TECHNOLOGY;

DESIGN;

EID: 2942756702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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