Quad tilt wing VTOL UAV: Aerodynamic characteristics and prototype flight test

AIAA Infotech at Aerospace Conference and Exhibit and AIAA Unmanned...Unlimited Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Muraoka, Koji ^a   Okada, Noriaki ^a   Kubo, Daisuke ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; CONTINUOUS CONTROL; CRUISE PERFORMANCE; FLIGHT PHASIS; FLIGHT TEST; FLYING QUALITY; TILT-WINGS; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF; WIND-TUNNEL DATA;

AERODYNAMICS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 77958453613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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