Details

Title

Validation of the energy consumption model for a quadrotor using Monte-Carlo simulation

Journal title

Archive of Mechanical Engineering

Yearbook

2023

Volume

vol. 70

Issue

No 1

Affiliation

Głębocki, Robert : Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw, Poland ; Żugaj, Marcin : Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw, Poland ; Jacewicz, Mariusz : Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw, Poland

Authors

Keywords

quadrotor ; flight tests ; energy consumption ; battery

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

151-178

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Machine Building

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Date

8.12.2022

Type

Article accepted

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/ame.2022.144075
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