Dynamics modeling for an unmanned, unstable, fin-less airship

18th AIAA Lighter-than-Air Systems Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Peddiraju, Prashant ^a,b   Liesk, Torsten ^a,b   Nahon, Meyer ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

ALMOST LIGHTER THAN AIR VEHICLES; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; CONTROLLER DESIGNS; HIGH FIDELITY MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MARGINAL STABILITY; REDUNDANT ACTUATION; SEMI-EMPIRICAL METHODS; THRUST MEASUREMENT;

AIRSHIPS;

EID: 77958161090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-2862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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