Control of an End Body Towed by a Circling Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

No AccessEngineering NotesControl of an End Body Towed by a Circling Unmanned Aerial VehicleMariann Merz and Tor Arne JohansenMariann MerzNorwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway*Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Center for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems; .Search for more papers by this author and Tor Arne JohansenNorwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway†Professor, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Center for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems; .Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:21 Aug 2019https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G004199SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Skop R. 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