Range and endurance estimates for battery-powered aircraft

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 703-707

  Traub, Lance W ^a,b  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 231 MAE A Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; PROPULSION;

BATTERY CAPACITY; BATTERY POWERED; CURRENT DRAW; EFFECTIVE CAPACITY; MOTOR DRIVER; NOMINAL CAPACITIES; POWER OUT PUT; PROPULSION SYSTEM;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 79953656637     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.C031027     Document Type: Article

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