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eess.SY2016★ 16 cited
A Small-Scale Prototype to Study the Take-Off of Tethered Rigid Aircrafts for Airborne Wind Energy
Lorenzo Fagiano, Eric Nguyen-Van, Felix Rager +2
The design of a prototype to carry out take-off and flight tests with tethered aircrafts is presented. The system features a ground station equipped with a winch and a linear motio…
eess.SY2016★ 32 cited
Autonomous Take-Off and Flight of a Tethered Aircraft for Airborne Wind Energy
Lorenzo Fagiano, Eric Nguyen-Van, Felix Rager +2
A control design approach to achieve fully autonomous take-off and flight maneuvers with a tethered aircraft is presented and demonstrated in real-world flight tests with a small-s…