Performance characteristics of symmetrized in-flight tracking control

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 592-604

  King, Frank A ^a   Steinwandel, Alexander ^a   Fichter, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; HELICOPTERS; NAVIGATION; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

ACTIVE TRAILING-EDGE FLAPS; CLOSED LOOP CONFIGURATION; KALMAN DECOMPOSITIONS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATE SPACE REPRESENTATION; STATIONARY SOLUTIONS; TRACKING CONTROL SYSTEMS; VIBRATION REDUCTIONS;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84906653694     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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