MALE UAV design of an increased reliability level

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 226-235

  Goetzendorf Grabowski, Tomasz ^a   Frydrychewicz, Andrzej ^a   Goraj, Zdobysław ^a   Suchodolski, Stanisław ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Aeroplanes; Reliability management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; DESIGN; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY;

FLIGHT SAFETY; MEDIUM ALTITUDE LONG ENDURANCE;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33744906810     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17488840610663693     Document Type: Article

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