Experiments with small unmanned helicopter nose-up landings

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 332-337

  Bayraktar, S ^a   Feron, E ^b,c  

^a Baykar Technologies   (Turkey)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c School of Aerospace Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICOPTERS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

FLIGHT TEST; HUMAN PILOTS; INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS; LANDING PADS; LANDING SEQUENCES; SMALL UNMANNED HELICOPTERS; VERTICAL SURFACE;

LANDING;

EID: 60349103168     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.36470     Document Type: Article

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