Development and flight testing of quantitative feedback theory pitch rate stability augmentation system

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1109-1115

  Fontenrose, Paul L ^a,b   Hall Jr , Charles E ^a,b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; SYSTEM STABILITY;

CONTROL SURFACE DEFLECTION; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STABILITY AUGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK THEORY; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030242490     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.21752     Document Type: Article

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