Flight testing of a free-wing tilt-body aircraft

AIAA Infotech at Aerospace 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ro, Kapseong ^a   Park, Wookje ^a   Kuk, Taeseung ^a   Kamman, James W ^a  

^a Western Michigan University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; CENTER OF GRAVITY; FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT CONTROL DESIGN; FLIGHT TEST; FLIGHT TESTING; MODEL-BASED; REDUCED SENSITIVITY; TAIL CONFIGURATION; UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT; VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; WING TILTS;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; AIRCRAFT; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; DYNAMIC MODELS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FREE FLIGHT; FUSELAGES; GRAVITATION; WIND TUNNELS;

FIXED WINGS;

EID: 78650032459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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