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Design and hovering control of a twin rotor tail-sitter UAV

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61603210, 61673240).

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    Wufan Wang, Jihong Zhu, Minchi Kuang, Xiaming Yuan, Yunfei Tang, Yaqing Lai, Lyujie Chen & Yunjie Yang

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Wang, W., Zhu, J., Kuang, M. et al. Design and hovering control of a twin rotor tail-sitter UAV. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 62, 194202 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-018-9733-8

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