Quad-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Helicopter Modelling & Control

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 139-149

  Naidoo, Yogianandh ^a   Stopforth, Riaan ^a   Bright, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

aerial vehicle; Quad rotor; unmanned vehicle

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; HELICOPTERS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATLAB; POTENTIAL ENERGY; ROTORS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES; VEHICLES;

AERIAL VEHICLE; AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; BLADE-ELEMENT THEORY; EULER-LAGRANGE METHOD; MODELLING AND CONTROLS; QUAD ROTORS; SEARCH-AND-RESCUE APPLICATIONS; SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 84991728544     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/45710     Document Type: Article

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