The Parafoil Technology Demonstration project

Petry, Guenther; Hummeltenberg, G.; Tscharntke, Lothar

doi:10.2514/6.1997-1425

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“…22,[29][30][31][32][33] The Parafoil Technology Demonstrator program was set up and conducted under ESA to demonstrate feasibility of guiding a large-scale parafoil autonomously to a predefined point and to perform a flared landing within a specific range. Another objective was to enable further investi-gation into the flight dynamics of the parafoil systems.…”

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Development of Control Algorithm for the Autonomous Gliding Delivery System

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Yakimenko

2003

17th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference and Seminar

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Abstract. The paper considers the development and simulation testing of the control algorithms for an autonomous high-glide aerial delivery system, which consists of 650sq.ft rectangular double-skin parafoil and 500lb payload. The paper applies optimal control analysis to the real-time trajectory generation. Resulting guidance and control system includes tracking this reference trajectory using a nonlinear tracking controller. The paper presents the description of the algorithm along with simulation results and ends with guidelines for the further implementation of the developed software aboard the real system.

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