22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-1.3.3

CONFIGURATION OF AN UNMANNED GROUND EFFECT VEHICLE

M. Millar, L. Smrcek
University of Glasgow

Keywords: uav, ground effect, experimental testing, applied aerodynamics

This paper looks at the processes and considerations involved in using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as a ground effect test vehicle. IT looks at the possible research avenues and suggests any problems which are foreseen in developing such a vehicle. There is the added issue with the fact that the UAV is not a specifically designed wing-in-ground (WIG) vehicle, so problems are seen there and the necessary modifications made.

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