On the controllability of fixed-wing perching

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2018-2023

  Roberts, John W ^a   Cory, Rick ^a   Tedrake, Russ ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; CLOSED-FORM MODELS; CONTROL SURFACE DEFLECTION; FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT; THRUST VECTORING;

AIRCRAFT; CONTROLLABILITY; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS;

EID: 70449641217     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2009.5160526     Document Type: Conference Paper

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