Flying by the Sun only: The Solarcopter prototype

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 209-214

  Shaheed, M Hasan ^a   Abidali, Aly ^a   Ahmed, Jibran ^a   Ahmed, Shakir ^a   Burba, Irmantas ^a   Fani, Pourshid Jan ^a   Kwofie, George ^a   Wojewoda, Kazimierz ^a   Munjiza, Antonio ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Design; Helicopter; Solarcopter; The Sun only; Thrust to weight ratio

Indexed keywords

CONTROL; DESIGN; HELICOPTERS; REMOTE CONTROL;

PROOF OF CONCEPT; SOLARCOPTER; THE SUN ONLY; THRUST-TO-WEIGHT RATIO;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 84930938508     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2015.05.016     Document Type: Article

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