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 2008-2.7.1

CONTROL OF A SWEPT WING TAILLESS AIRCRAFT THROUGH WING MORPHING

R. W. Guiler, W. W. Huebsch*
Aurora Flight Sciences, USA; *West Virginia Univ., USA

Keywords: wing morphing, tailless swept wing, UAV

Research at WVU is focusing on the control of a swept wing tailless UAV using adaptive washout wing morphing. Flight demonstrators, wind-tunnel, and CFD studies have been used to evaluate the flow physics, control and. Results have shown significant improvements in efficiency and the possibility of future birdlike flight.

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