Practical near hover flight control of a ducted fan (SLADe)

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-58

  Peddle, Iain K ^a   Jones, Thomas ^a   Treurnicht, Johann ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ducted fan; Flight control; Linear decoupled estimation; Low cost automation; SLADe; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Vertical takeoff and landing

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SENSOR NETWORKS;

DUCTED FAN; FLIGHT CONTROL; LINEAR DECOUPLED ESTIMATION; LOW-COST AUTOMATION; SLADE; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE; VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 53649085110     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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