27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS2010-6.3ST1

TRANSITION FLIGHT ANALYSIS OF AN AGILE UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE

A. Maqsood, T. H. Go
Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore

Keywords: uav, transition, trajectory optimization, flight dynamics

Transition maneuver dynamics between hover and cruise performed by a small agile UAV is discussed. A comparative study is presented between the dynamics of a conventional fixed-wing vehicle with the modified configuration having variable-incidence wing.

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