Control for going from hovering to small speed flight of a model insect

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-302

  Wu, Jianghao ^a   Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flight control; Hovering; Insect; Small speed flight

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DERIVATIVES; ANGLES OF ATTACK; EQUILIBRIUM POINT; FLIGHT CONTROL; HOVERING; INSECT; LINEAR THEORY; SMALL SPEED FLIGHT; STABILITY AND CONTROL; STATE-CONTROL; VERTICAL CLIMB;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; SPEED;

INSECT CONTROL;

EID: 67651033657     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-009-0241-y     Document Type: Article

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