Altitude control of a single degree of freedom flapping wing micro air vehicle

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Doman, David B ^a   Oppenheimer, Michael W ^a   Bolender, Michael A ^a   Sigthorsson, David O ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ALTITUDE CONTROL; ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; CONTROL THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FREE FLIGHT; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

AERODYNAMIC MODELING; ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT; BIMORPH PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR; BLADE ELEMENTS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; FORCE EQUILIBRIUM; SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOMS;

WINGS;

EID: 78049308048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-6159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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