25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-1.10.2

DESIGN TRENDS FOR ROTARY-WING UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES

V. Khromov, O. Rand
Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Keywords: unmanned air vehicles, rotary-wing, preliminary design

The paper presents results of Rotary-Wing Unmanned Air Vehicles (RWUAVs) design trends analysis based on unique database for helicopters and RWUAVs. The database has been created by the authors using data from a vast range of open sources, and is focused on conventional single rotor helicopter configurations and RWUAVs.

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