Energy preserving formation flight control

33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1995, Pages

  Vetht, M ^a   Pachter, M ^a,b   D'Azzo J J ^a,c  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ALTITUDE CONTROL; CONTROL THEORY; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; TRACKING (POSITION);

CONSTANT ENERGY; CONTROL LAWS; CONTROL SCHEMES; ENERGY FORMATION; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; FORMATION FLIGHT; FORMATION MANEUVER; GEOMETRY CHANGE;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84963625797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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