Longitudinal aerodynamics of a vertical takeoff and landing micro air vehicle

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 166-176

  Randall, Ryan ^a,b   Hoffmann, Christian Alexander ^a,b   Shkarayev, Sergey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT LANDING; PROPULSION; TAKEOFF; VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; CONTRA-ROTATING PROPELLERS; LONGITUDINAL AERODYNAMICS; QUASI-STEADY AERODYNAMICS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 79551673415     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.C031044     Document Type: Article

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