Autonomous Autorotation of an RC Helicopter

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 54, Issue , 2009, Pages 385-394

  Abbeel, Pieter ^a   Coates, Adam ^a   Hunter, Timothy ^a   Ng, Andrew Y ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOROTATION; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES; ENGINE FAILURES; RC HELICOPTER; ROTOR SPEED;

ALTITUDE CONTROL; HELICOPTERS; ROBOTICS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 84883027643     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00196-3_45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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