Design and development of a tilt-wing UAV

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 733-741

  Çetinsoy, Ertuǧrul ^a   Sirimoǧlu, Efe ^a   Öner, Kaan Taha ^a   Hançer, Cevdet ^a   Ünel, Mustafa ^a   Akşit, Mahmut Faruk ^a   Kandemir, Ilyas ^b   Gülez, Kayhan ^c  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Imu; Kalman filter; Quad tilt wing; UAV; VTOL

Indexed keywords

AERIAL VEHICLE; AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; CARBON COMPOSITES; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; FLIGHT TEST; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; IMU; KALMAN-FILTERING; LONG RANGE; PITCH ANGLE; QUAD TILT-WING; VERTICAL FLIGHT; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS; VTOL;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; DESIGN; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; KALMAN FILTERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 79960203411     PISSN: 13000632     EISSN: 13036203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/elk-1007-621     Document Type: Article

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