AOA	angle of attack
CFD	computational fluid dynamics
CG	center of gravity
DAQ	data acquisition
DOF	degree of freedom
EOM	equations of motion
ESC	electric speed controller
FCC	federal communications commission
HIL	hardware-in-the-loop
LPE	local position estimator
LQR	linear quadratic regulation
MAC	mean aerodynamic chord
MD	measured disturbance
MPC	model predictive control
NED	north-east-down
PPT	PolyU Plus Tail-sitter
QP	quadratic-programming
RMSE	root mean square error
UD	unmeasured disturbance
UAV	unmanned aerial vehicle
VLM	vortex lattice method
VTOL	vertical takeoff and landing