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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 107 - Boulder - March 2011
Agenda Location	9 SUBCOMMITTEE A – AERONAUTIC AND SURFACE VEHICLES 9.4 UAV Flying Characteristics Requirements Survey
Title	UAV Flying Characteristics Requirements Survey Best Presentation Award
Presenter	Dave Mitchell
Affiliation	Mitchell Aerospace Research
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Abstract	Dave Mitchell Mitchell Aerospace Research Abstract There is a need for a specification for the flying characteristics (or flight dynamics, or flying qualities) of UAVs. Acquisitions by US Government agencies have generally relied on flying qualities requirements and criteria taken without modification from piloted-aircraft specifications. NAVAIR recently funded a survey of selected designers and users of UAVs in or around Southern California. The survey found that most designers have internally derived performance criteria, some of which are based on manned requirements, but many of those criteria are very simple in format and do not necessarily address issues that are of interest to the Navy. Areas of interest for future research were identified as methods for verifying mission performance and system safety, especially in the presence of atmospheric turbulence. Existing turbulence/wind models are geared toward conventional airplanes, and new models are needed for small, high-aspect-ratio aircraft and aircraft with very low wing loadings.