NASA langley's AirSTAR testbed - A subscale flight test capability for flight dynamics and control system experiments

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jordan, Thomas L ^a,b   Bailey, Roger M ^a,c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Aeronautics Systems Engineering Branch   (United States)

^c M/S 130   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AIRFRAMES; CONTROL THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; NASA; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TESTBEDS;

AVIATION SAFETY PROGRAM; DYNAMICS AND CONTROL; FLIGHT-TEST CAPABILITIES; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; LABORATORY FACILITIES; NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER; ON BOARD DATA ACQUISITIONS; RESEARCH CAPABILITIES;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 78651103026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-6660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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