Investigation of flight dynamics and automatic controls for hovering micro air vehicles

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Poinsot, Damien ^a,c   Bérard, Caroline ^a,c   Krashanitsa, Roman ^b,d   Shkarayev, Sergey ^b,d  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AIRCRAFT LANDING; AUTOMATION; CONTROL THEORY; FIXED WINGS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROPULSION; STATE SPACE METHODS; VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT;

ATTITUDE STABILIZATION; CONTROL DESIGN; CONTROL LAW DESIGN; FEEDBACK CONTROL LAW; PROPULSION SYSTEM; STATE - SPACE MODELS; TEST FLIGHTS; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 78649844415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-6332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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