Combatant small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (CUAVs) can easily enter restricted airspace and may be mitigated by counter UAVs. Intercepting and following combatant UAVs in restricted airspace could be achieved with multi-rotor UAVs. A pseudotarget based …
An engagement scenario involving the defense of a valuable and non-maneuverable aircraft is investigated in this paper. An Attacker missile pursuing a Target aircraft and a Defender missile which aims at intercepting the Attacker in order to protect …
In this work, experimental measurements of cycle-averaged forces produced by a flapping wing micro air vehicle are provided. The measurements are taken with a one degree-of-freedom force balance. The vehicle is mounted in different orientations so …
This work is focused on testing multiple versions of flapping wing mechanisms to improve the lift generating capabilities of the mechanisms. Three mechanisms are considered in this work, a traditional four bar linkage version, a four bar mechanism …