UTA aerospace engineering graduate is the first to successfully flight test unmanned aerial vehicle with mass-actuated controls
Weighted flightA recently graduated University of Texas at Arlington student is the first person to successfully flight test an unmanned aerial vehicle that uses moving weights in its wings instead of traditional control surfaces or ailerons to turn. Sampath Vengate, who graduated in May with a master of science degree in aerospace engineering, used existing UTA research to design, build and test a UAV that uses mass actuation – weights that move back and forth within the wings to change the center of gravity from side to side – to turn while airborne. He presented his findings in a