Modeling and control of the yaw channel of a UAV helicopter

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3426-3434

  Cai, Guowie ^a   Chen, Ben M ^a   Peng, Kemao ^a   Dong, Miaobo ^a   Lee, Tong H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aircraft control; Modeling; Nonlinear control; Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) helicopters

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBERS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HELICOPTERS;

ACTUAL FLIGHT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; MODELING; NONLINEAR CONTROL; UNMANNED-AERIAL-VEHICLE (UAV) HELICOPTERS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 51449102944     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.926780     Document Type: Article

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