A handling qualities analysis of the Wright brothers' 1902 glider

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Lawrence, Ben ^a   Padfield, Gareth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL CONCEPT; FLIGHT SIMULATION; HANDLING QUALITY; MANOEUVRABILITY; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; WRIGHT BROTHERS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

GLIDERS;

EID: 84896810903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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