Adaptive Control of the Transition from Vertical to Horizontal Flight Regime of a Quad-Tailsitter UAV

Tailsitter UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are a type of VTOL (Vertical Take off and Landing) aircraft that combines the agility of a quadrotor drone with the endurance and speed of a fixed-wing aircraft. For this reason, they have become popular in a wide range of applications from tactical surveil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carter, Grant Inman
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2021
Subjects:
UAV
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103385