Design and testing of a micro-aerial vehicle with a single rotor and turning vanes

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1957-1967

  Sirohi, Jayant ^a   Tishchenko, Marat ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELL/HILLER SERVO-PADDLE; MICRO-AERIAL VEHICLES; TURNING VANES;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; DC MOTORS; MACHINE DESIGN; ROTORS; TORQUE;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 33644677205     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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