Aerodynamic performace of a notional perching MAV design

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Reich, Gregory W ^a   Wojnar, Maj Olek ^a   Albertani, Roberto ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC STALLS; FLIGHT CONTROL; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; PITCHING MOMENTS; POWER LINES; STATIC MEASUREMENTS; TREE BRANCHES; UNSTEADY EFFECTS; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; WING ANGLE; WING MOTION; WING SECTION;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FREE FLIGHT; MACHINERY; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 78549240226     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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