Optimal Design of a High-altitude Solar-Powered Unmanned Airplane

http://dx.doi.org/10.5028/jatm.v5i3.223 This paper describes a multi-disciplinary design and optimization framework tailored for the conceptual development of high-altitude solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles. The aircraft baseline configuration that the framework is able to handle is very simi...

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Main Authors: Bento Silva de Mattos, Ney Rafael Secco, Eduardo Francisco Salles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (IAE) 2013-08-01
Series:Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management
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Online Access:https://www.jatm.com.br/jatm/article/view/223