A path following controller for model-scale helicopters

European Control Conference, ECC 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2248-2253

  Cunha, R ^a   Silvestre, C ^a   Pascoal, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dynamic modeling; Gain scheduling control; Guidance and control; Path following; Unmanned air vehicles

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; CONTROL THEORY; CONTROLLERS; DYNAMIC MODELS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELICOPTERS; SCHEDULING;

CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE; GAIN SCHEDULING CONTROL; GUIDANCE AND CONTROL; INPUT-OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; PATH FOLLOWING; PATH FOLLOWING CONTROLLER; PATH-FOLLOWING PROBLEMS; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAVS);

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 84949103045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.23919/ecc.2003.7085301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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