This paper deals with the adaptive practical output maneuvering control problems for a class of nonlinear systems with uncontrollable unstable linearization.The objective is to design a smooth adaptive maneuvering controller to solve the geometric and dynamic tasks with an arbitrary small steady tracking error.The method of adding a power integrator and the robust recursive design technique are employed to force the system output to track a desired path and make the tracking speed to follow a desired speed along the path.An example is considered and simulation results are given.The proposed design procedure can be illustrated by the use of this example.