27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-1.3.4

PRELIMINARY STUDY OF A NEW UAV CONCEPT: THE VARIABLE GEOMETRY VEHICLE

S. Bagassi, D. Francia, F. Persiani
Univ. of Bologna, Italy

Keywords: morphing aircraft, uav, preliminary study

The primary aim of this paper is showing a preliminary analysis referred to an unmanned vehicle with a variable geometry configuration, matching the surveillance aircraft high endurance with fighters survivability and high performance. A preliminary study and performance analysis have been afforded in order to find a concept design solution.

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