Crash course
Subtitle: lessons learned from accidents involving remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft
By: Peter W. Merlin
Contributors: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Series: NASA Aeronautics book series
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration; US National Aeronautics and Space Admin; National Aeronautics and Space Administration Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780160915413
Subjects: Flight testing; Testing; Research aircraft; NASA Dryden Flight Research Center; Drone aircraft; Accidents
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index.
Table of contents: title: F-15 RPRV : the first practical remotely piloted research vehicle; title: HiMAT, increasing aircraft performance capabilities; title: DAST, exploring aeroelastic structural design; title: Perseus, high-altitude, long-endurance science platforms; title: Theseus, mission to planet earth; title: Helios prototype, chasing the sun; title: Hyper-X, hypersonic air-breathing propulsion; title: Manning the unmanned, humans in the loop; title: Analysis of human factors in a Predator-B crash; title: Conclusion : the lessons of history.