Design and testing of a micro-aerial vehicle with a single rotor and turning vanes

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 552-562

  Sirohi, Jayant ^a   Tishchenko, Marat ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CONTROL; LATERAL CONTROL; LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERIES; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE; OPTIMUM PARAMETERS; PASSIVE STABILITY; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SECOND GENERATION;

BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS; EQUIPMENT TESTING;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84883500778     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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