Design and test of flight control laws for the kaman burro unmanned aerial vehicle

Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Frost, Chad R ^a,b   Tischler, Mark B ^a,b,c   Bielefield, Mike ^a,b   Lamontagne, Troy ^a,b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Kaman Aerospace Corporation   (United States)

^c US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ANTENNAS; CONTROL THEORY; DYNAMICS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; HELICOPTER CRANES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AIRCRAFT DYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE; DESIGN AND TESTS; DESK-TOP SIMULATION; FLIGHT CONTROL LAW; FLIGHT TEST DATA; OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE; SENSOR AND ACTUATORS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 85086612980     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-4205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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