Design, analysis, and experiments on a 10-inch ducted rotor VTOL UAV

AHS International Specialists' Meeting - Unmanned Rotorcraft: Design, Control and Testing, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 399-420

  Martin, P B ^a   Boxwell, D A ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOIL SECTIONS; BROADBAND COMPONENTS; IN-PLANE HARMONIC ROTOR NOISE; ROTOR VTOL UAV;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AIRFOILS; DUCTS; PRODUCT DESIGN; ROTORS; VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT; WIND TUNNELS;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33644652229     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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