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27 May 2014
MASC – a small Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) for wind energy research
N. Wildmann
Center for Applied Geosciences, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
M. Hofsäß
Stuttgart Wind Energy (SWE) at the Institute for Aircraft Design (IFB), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
F. Weimer
Institute of Flight Mechanics and Control, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
A. Joos
Institute of Flight Mechanics and Control, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Center for Applied Geosciences, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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