Some problems of micro air vehicles development

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-98

  Galinski C ^a   Zbikowski, R ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entomopter; Fixed wing; Micro air vehicles; Ornithopter; Rotary wing

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; MANEUVERABILITY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WINGS;

ENTOMOPTER; FIXED WING; MICRO AIR VEHICLES; MICRO AIR VEHICLES (MAV); ORNITHOPTER; ROTARY WING;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES;

EID: 34247500866     PISSN: 02397528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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