STABILISING THE SPIN
(Magazine Article)

Jonathan R. Potts
Aerospace Group, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, UK

Excerpts
Academia, industry and end-users must ensure that innovative UAV designs are continuously being proposed at grass-roots level if the UV community is to flourish.

A UAV concept based upon a spin-stabilised flying-disc design offers novel flight characteristics and diverse possibilities for unmanned systems. Universities are the ideal forum for preliminary investigation into innovative concepts and technologies such as this, which are peripheral to industrial research and development.

Reference in Full
Potts J., Stabilising the Spin, Unmanned Vehicles Magazine, Shephard Press, Aug. 2001.

The following document selection gives a detailed description of the research carried out up until January 2003. The more recent work is currently being written up and will be posted as soon as possible.

STABILISING THE SPIN
(Magazine Article)

FRISBEE^™ AERODYNAMICS
(AIAA-2002-3150)

APPLICATION OF FLOW CONTROL TO A DISC-WING UAV

FLIGHT CONTROL OF A SPIN STABILISED AXI-SYMMETRIC DISC-WING (AIAA-2001-0253)

VISUALISATION OF THE FLOW OVER A DISC-WING (Paper 247)

THE FLOW OVER A ROTATING DISC-WING