Mechanical samara deployment and passive distribution by a fixed wing unmanned air vehicle

American Helicopter Society International - International Specialists Meeting on Unmanned Rotorcraft 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 453-461

  Ulrich, Evan R ^a   Pines, Darryll J ^a   Abdollahi, Cyrus ^a   Park, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CROSS WIND; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EVOLUTIONARY METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; FIXED WING; GROUND SENSORS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL STATE; JET STREAMS; LANDING LOCATIONS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; REDUCING COSTS; SEED DISPERSAL; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES; WIND GUST; WIND SPEED;

COST REDUCTION; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 70350543650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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