This paper examines some of the challenges that must be overcome if future aerial delivery systems are to have the capability to land on the flight deck of a ship underway. The unique aspects of trajectory planning for landing on a ship s flight deck are first examined, followed by formulation of the position estimation problem for a moving target. Some preliminary investigations into characterizing the wind over a moving landing platform at sea are then described. Finally, experimental results are presented for testing of a small prototype autonomous parafoil with a simple moving target on land.
Shipboard Landing Challenges for Autonomous Parafoils
2011
11 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aeronautics , Parachutes & Decelerators , Landing , Parafoils , Shipboard , Descent trajectories , Flight decks , Moving targets , Position finding , Self operation , Terminal guidance , Turbulence , Wind , Ads(Aerial delivery systems) , Disturbed airflow , Guidance algorithms , Landing trajectories , Position estimation , Turbulent airflow
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