Optimized measurements of UAV mass moment of inertia with a bifilar pendulum

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2007

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 4790-4812

  Jardin, Matt R ^a,c,d   Mueller, Eric R ^b,d,e  

^a MATHWORKS INC   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Consulting Services Group ^*  (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Automation Concepts Research Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFILAR PENDULUM; DYNAMIC MODELING; GRAVITATIONAL FORCE;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; OPTIMIZATION; TORQUE; WIRE;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 37249066636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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