Design of a static thruster for microair vehicle rotorcraft

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-94

  Pounds, Paul E I ^a   Mahony, Robert E ^a   Corke, Peter I ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Dynamic response; Robotics

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS; DESIGN; DYNAMICS; GAS DYNAMICS; MOTORS; ROBOTICS;

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCES; BLADE DESIGNS; BRUSHLESS MOTORS; CASE STUDIES; DYNAMIC COMPENSATORS; EMBEDDED CONTROLS; FLIGHT CONTROLS; HIGH RELIABILITIES; LOAD DISTURBANCES; MICRO AIR VEHICLES; MOTOR PLANTS; MOTOR SYSTEMS; NORMAL CONDITIONS; POLYMER CELLS; RESPONSE TIMES; ROTOR DESIGNS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 58149239625     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2009)22:1(85)     Document Type: Article

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