An Autolanding I-load Program (ALIP) is developed to design unpowered autolanding trajectories for the X-34 Mach 8 vehicle. The trajectory is comprised of geometric flight segments that are based on the shuttle approach and landing design (steep glideslope, circular flare, exponential flare to shallow glideslope). Enforcing physical constraints such as loads, vertical descent rate, continuity and smoothness reduces the design problem to a two point boundary value problem with conditions on the initial and final dynamic pressure. Finding a solution required the development of trajectory simulation techniques that constrained the flight profile to a prescribed geometry. The design methodology can be extended beyond the autolanding flight regime by repeating the series of geometric segments and solving multiple two-point boundary values problems (one for each series). The techniques described in this paper facilitate rapid design of reference trajectories.
Autolanding Trajectory Design for the X-34
Atmospheric Flight Mechanics ; 1999 ; Portland, OR, United States
1999-01-01
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Autolanding trajectory design for the X-34
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