"XVI AIMETA Conference on theoretical and applied mechanics" - Ferrara, Italy 9-12 September 2003

The presentation of the paper on "Manoeuvrability and control of an unconventional airship through orientable thrusts" is based upon the description of the airship system and the first release of the simulator developed with Matlab and Simulink and with the AVDS visualisation system. Results will allow to interactively tune the flight control system and to plan pilot's training system. This is a further step towards the evolution of the NPU (Nautilus Program for UAV) developed together with the Politecnico di Torino. The complete document in available in the conference proceedings.