Derivation of the dynamics equations of receiver aircraft in aerial refueling

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 2960-3001

  Tucker, Jayme ^a,c   Dogan, Atilla ^a,c   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; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LIQUID FUELS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

CENTER OF MASS (CM); DYNAMICS EQUATIONS; FUEL TRANSFER; ROTATIONAL POSITION;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 34250890203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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