Hovering stability of helicopters with elastic constraints

ASME 2010 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 781-788

  Pounds, Paul E I ^a   Dollar, Aaron ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ROBOTS; AERIAL VEHICLE; CONTACT STIFFNESS; ELASTIC CONSTRAINTS; ELASTIC CONTACT; ELASTIC LINKAGE; EXTERNAL FORCE; FLIGHT CONTROLLERS; FLIGHT STABILITY; HELICOPTER SYSTEMS; MANIPULATION TASK; OBJECT GRASPING; PITCH MOTION; POINT OF CONTACT; PROOF OF CONCEPT; REACTION FORCES;

HELICOPTERS; STABILITY; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

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EID: 79958225112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DSCC2010-4166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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