Design of Flight Control System for a Small Unmanned Tilt Rotor Aircraft

Chinese Journal of Aeronautics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-256

  Yanguo, Song ^a   Huanjin, Wang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

aircraft models; control; flight dynamics; tilt rotor aircraft

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DESIGN; CONTROL LAWS; EIGENSTRUCTURE ASSIGNMENT; FLIGHT CONTROL LAW; FLIGHT TEST; LOOP CONTROL STRUCTURE; NANJING; TECHNICAL PROBLEM; TILT ROTOR; TILT ROTOR AIRCRAFT; TILT-ROTOR AIRCRAFTS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

AIRCRAFT MODELS; CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; TESTING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 67649227564     PISSN: 10009361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1000-9361(08)60095-3     Document Type: Article

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