Description This intriguing book breaks new ground on an emerging subject that has
attracted considerable attention: the use of unmanned micro air vehicles (MAVs) to conduct
special, limited-duration missions. Significant advances in the miniaturization of electronics
make it now possible to use vehicles of this type in a detection or surveillance role to carry
visual, acoustic, chemical, or biological sensors. Interestingly, many of the advances in MAV
technology can be traced directly to annual student competitions, begun in the late 1990s …

The subject of micro air vehicles (MAVs) has become a popular area of research in recent
years. Many civilian and military applications are envisioned using small aircraft carrying
video cameras and various sensors. The focus of this book is the fixed-wing configurations,
while flapping wing and rotary wing configurations are not covered. As long as there is no
hover requirement, fixed-wing MAVs are the most energy efficient. The authors are
extremely well qualified to write this book as the main focus is the design of fixed-wing …