System Identification of an Unmanned Tailsitter Aircraft

The motivation for this research is the need to improve performance of the autonomous flight of a tailsitter UAV. Tailsitter aircraft combine the hovering and vertical take-off and landing capability of a rotorcraft with the long endurance flight capability of a fixed-wing aircraft. The particular a...

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Main Author: Edwards, Nathan W.
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2014
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5319
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6318&context=etd