New concepts and perspectives on micro-rotorcraft and small autonomous rotary-wing vehicles

20th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Young, L A ^a   Aiken, E W ^a   Johnson, J L ^b   Demblewski, R ^c   Andrews, J ^d   Klem, J ^e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Aerospace Computing Incorporated   (United States)

^c Departments of Studio Art and Digital Media   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ANTENNAS; MICROELECTRONICS; ROTORS;

AERIAL VEHICLE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ROTARY WING; ROTARY WING VEHICLES; TECHNOLOGY TRENDS; VEHICLE AUTONOMY; VEHICLE CONFIGURATION;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 85016832980     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-2816     Document Type: Conference Paper

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