Flight demonstrations of micro-actuator controlled delta wing

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 324-331

  Lee, John ^a   Newbern, Scott ^b   Tai, Yu Chong ^c   Ho, Chih Ming ^d   Huang, Po Hao Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b AEROVIRONMENT INC   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight dynamics; Flight tests; Micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS); Remote control systems; Remotely piloted vehicles; Vortex shift control

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; ANTENNAS; CONTROL SURFACES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FIXED WINGS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MANEUVERABILITY; MECHANICAL ACTUATORS; MEMS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); REMOTE CONTROL; SWEPT WINGS;

DELTA WINGS; FLIGHT TEST; HIGH ANGLES OF ATTACK; MEMS (MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM); MICRO-ACTUATORS; MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM; REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEMS; REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLES; SHIFT CONTROLS; VORTEX SHIFT CONTROL;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 80053620787     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022661111159933     Document Type: Article

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