Measured and simulated motion of a hopping rotochute

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1560-1569

  Beyer, Eric ^a,b   Costello, Mark ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

COAXIAL ROTOR; COMPLEX TERRAINS; ESTIMATE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; JUMPING ROBOT; LOW MASS; SIMULATED RESULTS;

MANEUVERABILITY;

EID: 72149125308     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.41331     Document Type: Article

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