Control-oriented physical input modelling for a helicopter UAV

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 73, Issue 1-4, 2014, Pages 209-217

  Godbolt, Bryan ^a   Lynch, Alan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Helicopter modeling and control; Helicopter thrust model; Helicopter UAV autopilot; Model based control

Indexed keywords

HELICOPTER ROTORS; HELICOPTERS;

COLLECTIVE PITCH; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLAPPING ANGLE; HELICOPTER MODEL; INPUT MODELING; MODEL-BASED CONTROL; ROUGH APPROXIMATIONS; THRUST MODELING;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84899429724     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-013-9933-4     Document Type: Article

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