Maneuvering and gravity offset flight controls for an extraterrestrial surface landing research vehicle

46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schaefermeyer, M Ryan ^a,b   Whitmore, Stephen A ^a,b   Wright, Cordell B ^a,b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMC 4130   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COOLING; CLOSED-LOOP; EXHAUST TEMPERATURE; EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL SURFACES; FLIGHT CONTROL; HIGH-TEMPERATURE MATERIALS; JET TURBINES; LINEAR ACCELERATIONS; PITCH AND ROLL ANGLES; QUADROTORS; RESEARCH VEHICLES; ROCKET PLUMES; SYSTEM CONTROL; THRUST VECTORING; THRUST VECTORING SYSTEMS; VACUUM ENVIRONMENT; VEHICLE WEIGHTS; VERTICAL ACCELERATIONS;

CENTRIFUGATION; FREE FLIGHT; JET ENGINES; LANDING; PROPULSION;

MANEUVERABILITY;

EID: 84856856081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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