Development and testing of unconventional micro air vehicle configurations

2nd AIAA "Unmanned Unlimited" Conference and Workshop and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Kellogg, James ^a   Bovais, Christopher ^a   Foch, Richard ^a   Cylinder, David ^b   Ramamurti, Ravi ^c   Sandberg, William ^c   Gardner, John ^c   Srull, Donald ^d   Piper, George ^e   Vaiana, Peter ^f   Kahn, Aaron ^g  

^a Multifunctional Materials Branch Code 6350   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CACI   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ITT AES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROL SURFACES; FIXED WINGS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GROUND OPERATIONS; HYBRID VEHICLES; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); PROPELLERS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHIP PROPULSION;

CONFINED ENVIRONMENT; CONTRAROTATING ROTOR; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; PROPELLER EFFICIENCY; PROPULSION EFFICIENCY; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAVS); VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS;

MANEUVERABILITY;

EID: 84896040984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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