Investigation of the flare maneuver using optical tau

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1189-1200

  Jump, Michael ^a,b   Padfield, Gareth D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HELICOPTERS; METEOROLOGY;

COUPLING CONSTANTS; FLIGHT SIMULATION; TOUCHDOWN RATE;

MANEUVERABILITY;

EID: 33749649513     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.20012     Document Type: Article

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