Robust hovering control of a PVTOL aircraft

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-351

  Lin, Feng ^a,b   Zhang, William ^c   Brandt, Robert D ^d  

^a IEEE

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

^c IBM   (United States)

^d University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK; MANEUVERABILITY; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; RICCATI EQUATIONS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

HOVERING CONTROL; NONMINIMUM PHASE; PLANAR VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT;

VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032655991     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/87.761054     Document Type: Article

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