Flexible- and rigid-wing micro air vehicle: Lift and drag comparison

被引：22

作者：

DeLuca, AM ^{[1
]}

Reeder, MF

Freeman, J

Ol, MV

机构：

[1] USAF, Inst Technol, Dept Aeronaut & Astronaut, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433 USA

[2] USAF, Res Lab, Munit Directorate, Eglin AFB, FL USA

[3] USAF, Res Lab, Air Vehicles Directorate, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT | 2006年 / 43卷 / 02期

关键词：

Aerodynamics - Compaction - Drag - Flow control - Maneuverability - Wings;

D O I：

10.2514/1.15643

中图分类号：

V [航空、航天];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0825 ;

摘要：

The US Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate, Flight Vehicles Integration Branch has developed a Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) with a flexible wing for US Air Force Special Tactics Teams. The flexible wings can be folded, allowing storage of the MAV in a compact tube. The wing design is motivated by packaging reasons, and the wing flexibility itself may provide a benefit as a passive flow control device, mitigating stall and improving stall and improving gust tolerance which would be a crucial performance improvement for low-inertia, low-maneuverability fixed-wing MAVs. Wind tunnel testing at flight-representative speeds for a fixed-wing MAV with a flexible wing showed a higher lift and drag ratio for the latter.

引用

页码：572 / 575

页数：4