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Emergency landing using inertial sensors
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In this paper, an emergency landing procedure that includes a sequence of control settings is continuously generated, including a set of one or more inertial sensors to control an actuator, and an aircraft is landed, including by using the sequence of controller settings and the set of sensors.Abstract:
An emergency landing procedure that includes a sequence of control settings is continuously generated. An aircraft is landed, including by using the sequence of control settings and a set of one or more inertial sensors to control an actuator.read more
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