Handling Qualities of a Blended Wing Body Aircraft

The blended wing body (BWB) is a tailless aircraft with the potential to use 27% less fuel than a conventional aircraft with the same passenger capacity and range. The primary purpose of the current study was to determine the handling qualities of the BWB, using piloted-handling trials in a moving-b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peterson, Timothy Shaw
Other Authors: Grant, Peter R.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/31384