HELIPLAT®: High altitude very-long endurance solar powered UAV for telecommunication and Earth observation applications

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 1084, 2004, Pages 277-293

  Romeo, G ^a   Frulla, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC MOTORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUEL CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION; UNMANNED VEHICLES; WINGS;

AIRFRAME; SOLAR CELLS EFFICIENCY; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES (UAV);

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 3242813648     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001924000000142     Document Type: Article

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