Performance Flexibility of Reconfigurable Families of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Nomenclature A = area D = drag PS = specific excess power T = thrust TSFC = thrust-specific fuel consumption W = aircraft weight Wf = fuel weight w = weighting factor for mission mix selection V = velocity

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