Facilitated airplane - Project and preliminary in-flight experiments

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 469-477

  Tomczyk, Andrzej ^a  

^a RZESZOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Facilitated Airplane; Flight control systems; General aviation; Handling qualities

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIR NAVIGATION; AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

FACILITATED AIRPLANE; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; GENERAL AVIATIONS; HANDLING QUALITIES;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 4243163085     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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