Understanding the peculiarities of rotorcraft - Pilot - Couplings

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 2018-2031

  Pavel, Marilena D ^a   Padfield, Gareth D ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COUPLINGS; DELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; HELICOPTERS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STABILITY CRITERIA; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TIME DELAY;

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; AEROELASTIC MODES; AIRCRAFT PARAMETERS; AIRCRAFT RESPONSES; ATTITUDE CONTROLLER; CONTROL AIRCRAFT; CONTROL LOOPS; FLAPPING MOTION; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM (FCS); FLIGHT MODES; FREQUENCY SPECTRUM; HIGH RESPONSE; LIMIT CYCLE OSCILLATIONS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; PHYSICAL MECHANISMS; RATE FEEDBACK; ROLL MOTIONS; ROTOR SYSTEMS; TIME DELAYING;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 50049136430     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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