High-α flight maneuverability enhancement of a fighter aircraft using thrust-vectoring control

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1480-1493

  Atesoglu, Özgür ^a,c   Kemal Ozgoren M ^b,d  

^a ASELSAN INC   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Guidance and Control Division   (Turkey)

^d MS 11 B

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MOTION COMPENSATION; VECTORS;

CONTROL MODES; FLIGHT MANEUVERABILITY ENHANCEMENT; MANEUVERING CAPABILITY; NONLINEAR AERODYNAMICS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 35348952179     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.28620     Document Type: Article

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