Design and development of a hover-capable cyclocopter micro air vehicle

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1332-1347

  Benedict, Moble ^a   Jarugumillr, Tejaswi ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE PITCH; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CYCLOCOPTER; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; FIGURE OF MERIT; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PER UNIT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; POWER LOADING; ROTATING CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; ROTATIONAL SPEED; ROTOR PERFORMANCE; THRUST MEASUREMENT; VERTICAL LIFT;

CYCLOIDAL PROPULSION VEHICLES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); ROTORS;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS;

EID: 70350510938     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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