Control of the PVTOL aircraft using the forwarding technique and a Lyapunov approach

A smooth control Lyapunov function for the planar vertical takeoff and landing (PVTOL) aircraft is proposed. Its construction relies on the nonlinear stabilization technique called forwarding. The PVTOL aircraft model represents a particular example which illustrates well "Lyapunov forwarding" technique.

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