Date of Award
3-26-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Robert C. Leishman, PhD
Abstract
Morphing wing technology gives aircraft the ability to change wing shape to control the aircraft and flight performance characteristics. AFIT, AFRL and USU Aero Lab have collaborated to design and test a variable camber compliant wing (VCCW) on a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Flight tests demonstrated the wing performance and provided data to refine a VCCW flight simulator. Work was completed with the USU AeroLab-generated MachUp and the actual flight data to improve the simulator to provide results close to those of the actual flight test. The research provides a tool to reduce time and cost for future flight testing for VCCW development.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-ENG-MS-20-M-003
DTIC Accession Number
AD1094722
Recommended Citation
Acosta, Sharee B., "Flight Characteristic Verification of the Variable Camber Compliant Wing" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 3153.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/3153