The Sticky-Pad Plane and other innovative concepts for perching UAVs

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Anderson, Michael L ^a   Perry, Christopher J ^a   Hua, Brandon M ^a   Olsen, Dakota S ^a   Parcus, Jason R ^a   Pederson, Kenneth M ^a   Jensen, Daniel D ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS; CURRENT MODELS; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; ENERGY PROBLEM; INTELLIGENCE , SURVEILLANCE , AND RECONNAISSANCES; LIMITING FACTORS; LOW ENERGIES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PAD PLANE; POTENTIAL MISSIONS; POWER REQUIREMENT; ROBUST DESIGNS; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES; VERTICAL SURFACE;

DESIGN; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 78549244796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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