Images

 

 

 

T-Wing just after take off in full autonomous hover

12 Sept 2002

 

 

Close up in full autonomous flight

 

12 Sept 2002

 

 

Approaching first way point

 

12 Sept 2002

 

 

Shot of the T-Wing in hover under velocity controllers

22 Aug 2002

 

 

Another shot of the T-Wing in hover

 

22 Aug 2002

 

 

Top view of the T-Wing

 

22 Aug 2002

 

 

2nd Airframe under autonomous guidance with vertical velocity controllers flown on a tether

6 Aug 2002

 

 

In hover close up

 

 

6 Aug 2002

 

 

In hover showing

tether arrangement

 

6 Aug 2002

 

 

Number 1 T-Wing Airframe

 

 

First Manual Hover Flight for T-Wing

(11 December 2000):

White styrofoam balls on wing and fin tips are

for tip-over protection.

 

 

First Hover flight with CAS controllers (30

October 2001)

 

 

First Flight of T-Wing Using CAS controllers

 

 

Pressure Plot of T-Wing During Cruise Flight

Using PANL software developed by H. Stone

 

 

T-Wing Simulation: Fully Autonomous Flight

through sequence of waypoints