Improving ducted fan UAV aerodynamics in forward flight

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Graf, Will ^a   Fleming, Jonathan ^a   Ng, Wing ^a  

^a Techsburg Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; CONTROL DEVICE; CONTROL EFFECTORS; DUCTED FAN; FORWARD FLIGHT; LEADING EDGE; PITCH ANGLE; PITCH MOMENT; SEPARATION CHARACTERISTICS; STATIC CONDITIONS; STATIC THRUST; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; MILITARY VEHICLES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

DUCTS;

EID: 51349153810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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