26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-5.8.3

FLIGHT DYNAMICS OF THE FLYING WING

S. D'Urso, R. Martinez-Val*
Univ. Frederico II, Naples, Italy; *Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Keywords: flying wing, stability, performances

The flying wing is one of the most promising configurations for the future air transportation system. Precedent literature has demonstrated the excellent field and cruise performances of this concept. The paper concentrates in flight dynamic aspects of this novel configuration.

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