Flight control and simulation for aerial refueling

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 4074-4088

  Dogan, Atilla ^a,c   Sato, Shinya ^a   Blake, William ^b,c  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT FUELING; AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

AERIAL REFUELING; AERODYNAMIC COUPLING; FLIGHT CONTROL; POSITION-TRACKING CONTROLLER;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 29744468631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-6264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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