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Small unmanned fixed-wing aircraft design : a practical approach /

Small Unmanned Fixed-wing Aircraft Design is the essential guide to designing, building and testing fixed wing UAVs (or drones). It deals with aircraft from two to 150 kg in weight and is based on the first-hand experiences of the world renowned UAV team at the UK's University of Southampton. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Keane, A. J. (Autor), Sóbester, András (Autor), Scanlan, James P., (James Patrick), 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017.
Colección:Aerospace series (Chichester, England)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Foreward ; Series Preface ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Part I Introducing Fixed-Wing UAVs ; Chapter 1 Preliminaries ; 1.1 Externally Sourced Components ; 1.2 Manufacturing Methods.
  • 1.3 Project DECODE 1.4 The Stages of Design ; 1.4.1 Concept Design ; 1.4.2 Preliminary Design ; 1.4.3 Detail Design ; 1.4.4 Manufacturing Design ; 1.4.5 In-service Design and Decommissioning ; 1.5 Summary ; Chapter 2 Unmanned Air Vehicles ; 2.1 A Brief Taxonomy of UAVs.
  • 2.2 The Morphology of a UAV 2.2.1 Lifting Surfaces ; 2.2.2 Control Surfaces ; 2.2.3 Fuselage and Internal Structure ; 2.2.4 Propulsion Systems ; 2.2.5 Fuel Tanks ; 2.2.6 Control Systems ; 2.2.7 Payloads ; 2.2.8 Take-off and Landing Gear ; 2.3 Main Design Drivers.
  • Part II The Aircraft in More Detail Chapter 3 Wings ; 3.1 Simple Wing Theory and Aerodynamic Shape ; 3.2 Spars ; 3.3 Covers ; 3.4 Ribs ; 3.5 Fuselage Attachments ; 3.6 Ailerons/Roll Control ; 3.7 Flaps ; 3.8 Wing Tips ; 3.9 Wing-housed Retractable Undercarriage.
  • 3.10 Integral Fuel Tanks Chapter 4 Fuselages and Tails (Empennage) ; 4.1 Main Fuselage/Nacelle Structure ; 4.2 Wing Attachment ; 4.3 Engine and Motor Mountings ; 4.4 Avionics Trays ; 4.5 Payloads
  • Camera Mountings ; 4.6 Integral Fuel Tanks.