Free-wing unmanned aerial vehicle as a microgravity facility

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 579-587

  Kraeger, Alwin M ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WINGS;

LAGRANGE'S EQUATIONS; PARTIAL GRAVITY FLIGHTS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV);

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33744777487     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.2274     Document Type: Article

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