Design and testing of a shrouded rotor micro air vehicle with anti-torque vanes

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 112-125

  Hrishikeshavan, Vikram ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AERIAL VEHICLES; AXISYMMETRIC; BAR PROFILE; CROSS COUPLINGS; MICRO-AIR-VEHICLE; PAYLOAD CAPABILITIES; ROTOR DOWNWASH; ROTOR TORQUE; STABILIZER BAR; YAW RESPONSE;

CARBON FIBERS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FIBER OPTICS; VEHICLES;

MANEUVERABILITY;

EID: 50249146807     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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