A potential approach for recovery of remotely piloted vehicles (RPV) is the in-flight docking of the RPV with a mothership. Some design concepts are presented for in-flight recovery systems. A steady aerodynamic analysis was performed on a hypothetical RPV as it approached the mothership for docking. The correct trend in the variation of lift and static pitch moment of the RPV was predicted using a horseshoe vortex model to represent the mothership.
Investigation of Lift, Drag, and Aerodynamic Pitching Moment During In-Flight Recovery of a Remotely Piloted Vehicle
1973
99 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
NTIS | 1978
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