Development of small unmanned aerial vehicle research platform: Modeling and simulating with flight test validation

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference, 2006

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 369-391

  Jodeh, Nidal M ^a,b   Blue, Paul A ^a   Waldron, Athon A ^a,c  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC MODELS; FLIGHT TESTS; SIMULATION MODELS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33846535790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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