Development of a solar electric powered UAV for long endurance flight

11th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration,and Operations (ATIO) Conference, including the AIAA Balloon Systems Conference and 19th AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Guo, Zheng ^a   Chen, Xue Kong ^a   Hou, Zhong Xi ^a   Guo, Jian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; LAMINATED STRUCTURES; LIFTING LINE THEORY; POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE; STABILITY PERFORMANCE; UAV (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE); VORTEX LATTICE METHOD;

AERODYNAMICS; ASPECT RATIO; AVIATION; CARBON; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FUSELAGES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RIGID WINGS; RIGIDITY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; TECHNOLOGY;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84880790897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2011-6966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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