Modeling and control of a hovering mini tail-sitter

International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 211-220

  Bilodeau, Pierre Richard ^a,b   Wong, Franklin ^a,b  

^a AEREX avionique inc   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-WINDUP; CONTROL LOOP; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONTROL STRUCTURE; FLIGHT TEST; FLIGHT TEST DATA; INNER LOOPS; MINI-AERIAL VEHICLES; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELING AND CONTROL; NON-LINEAR MODEL; PREDICTION ERROR METHOD; PROPORTIONAL-INTEGRAL REGULATOR;

EQUIPMENT TESTING;

EID: 79953298011     PISSN: 17568293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1756-8293.2.4.211     Document Type: Article

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