Preliminary modeling, control, and trajectory design for miniature autonomous tailsitters

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2006

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages 4917-4928

  Knoebel, Nathan B ^a   Osborne, Stephen R ^a   Snyder, Deryl O ^a   McLain, Timothy W ^a   Beard, Randal W ^a   Eldredge, Andrew M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC MODEL; ATTITUDE CONTROL; FIXED WING AIRCRAFTS; TAILSITTERS;

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; AIRCRAFT MODELS; LINEARIZATION; POSITION CONTROL; TRAJECTORIES; WINGS;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33845736448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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