This chapter presents a time‐optimal guidance for a platoon of rotorcraft flying in formation through a region of strong wind fields. The main goal is to program the heading for the virtual center of mass in such way that the flight time between two‐way points are minimized. The heading program is obtained by using a Zermelo navigation approach which provides a kinematic model for the heading subsystem. The chapter aims to study the problem of optimal guidance in general wind fields for a platoon of miniature rotorcraft flying in formation using a Zermelo‐based approach. It introduces the aerial vehicle dynamical model, a formation control based on separated saturations and a trajectory‐tracking scheme using the center of mass of the rotorcraft formation. A Zermelo‐based trajectory planning in wind fields are also introduced. Simulation results and future work are discussed. autonomous aerial vehicles; helicopters; optimal systems
Optimal Guidance for Rotorcraft Platoon Formation Flying in Wind Fields
Flight Formation Control ; 247-266
2012-02-01
20 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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