Testing and system identification of an ornithopter in longitudinal flight

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 660-667

  Grauer, Jared ^a,b   Ulrich, Evan ^a,b   Hubbard Jr , James ^a,b   Pines, Darryll ^a,b   Humbert, J Sean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISUAL SERVOING;

KINEMATIC VARIABLES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PITCHING MOMENT COEFFICIENTS; RETRO-REFLECTIVE MARKER; STATE MEASUREMENTS; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; VISUAL TRACKING SYSTEMS;

WINGS;

EID: 79953671372     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.C031208     Document Type: Article

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