Flexible tethered kite with moveable attachment points, part II: State and wind estimation

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1018-1041

  Williams, Paul ^a   Lansdorp, Bas ^a   Ockels, Wubbo ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WIND; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; KALMAN FILTERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WIND POWER;

ATTACHMENT POINTS; CYCLIC PATTERNS; DYNAMICS AND CONTROL; HIGH ALTITUDE WINDS; PRACTICAL SYSTEMS; SQUARE-ROOT UNSCENTED KALMAN FILTERS; TRACKING CONTROLLER; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS; FEEDBACK TRACKING CONTROLLERS; VECTOR FIELD DERIVATIVES; WIND ESTIMATION;

FEEDBACK; FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 40549098744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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