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Global configuration stabilization for the VTOL aircraft with strong input coupling

Abstract

Trajectory tracking and configuration stabilization for the vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft has been so far considered in the literature only in the presence of a slight (or zero) input coupling (i.e., for a small ε). In this paper, our main contribution is to address global configuration stabilization for the VTOL aircraft with a strong input coupling using a smooth static state feedback. In addition, the differentially flat outputs for the VTOL aircraft are automatically obtained as a by-product of applying a decoupling change of coordinates.

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© Copyright 2006 IEEE. Reprinted with permission. Manuscript received April 3, 2001; revised April 24, 2002 and July 16, 2002. [Posted online: 2002-12-10] Recommended by Associate Editor J.M.A. Scherpen. The author would like to thank A. Megretski for the discussions on Theorem 1 and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable remarks and comments.

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