Stabilization of a Mini Rotorcraft with Four Rotors

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 45-55

  Castillo, Pedro ^a   Lozano, Rogelio ^b   Dzul, Alejandro ^c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE ZACATEPEC   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE LA LAGUNA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL; SYSTEM STABILITY; TORQUE CONTROL; VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT;

MINI ROTORCRAFT; PLANAR VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING (PVTOL); QUAD-ROTOR CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 30944462956     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2005.1550152     Document Type: Article

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