Development and conversion flight test of a small tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 730-732

  Choi, Seongwook ^a,b   Kang, Youngshin ^a,b   Chang, Sungho ^a,b   Koo, Samok ^a,b   Kim, Jai Moo ^a,b  

^a Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)   (South Korea)

^b Smart UAV Development Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CODES (SYMBOLS); CONVERTIBLE HELICOPTERS; SOFTWARE TESTING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS; FLIGHT CONTROL SOFTWARE; GROUND AND FLIGHT TESTS; HOVERING CAPABILITY; HOVERING PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION; STABILITY AND CONTROL;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 77950553234     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.46180     Document Type: Article

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