Advances in understanding autogyro flight dynamics [PDF]
, 2008 A comprehensive flight dynamics study of the autogyro is presented in this paper. A state of the art generic simulation of the vehicle type was developed and validated against flight data.
Thomson, D.G., Houston, S.
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Flight test: Supporting the investigation of factors affecting loss of control of light aircraft [PDF]
, 2009 A quarter of all fatal General Aviation accidents in the UK during the period 1980 to 2006 involved Loss of Control (LoC) in Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC).
Gratton, GB, Bromfield, MA
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Effect of wing flexibility on aircraft flight dynamics [PDF]
, 2012 The purpose of this thesis is to give a preliminary investigation into the effect of wing deformation on flight dynamics. The candidate vehicle is FW-11 which is a flying wing configuration aircraft with high altitude and long endurance characteristics ...
Qiao, Yuqing
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Flight Dynamics Operations of the TanDEM-X Formation [PDF]
, 2012 Since end of 2010 the German TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X satellites are routinely operated as the first configurable single-pass Synthetic Aperture Radar interferometer in space. The two 1340 kg satellites fly in a 514 km sun-synchronous orbit.
Aida, Saika +4 more
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Koopman Operator for Nonlinear Flight Dynamics [PDF]
, 2022 Dynamical systems representing vehicle flight are inherently nonlinear. Currently there are no generalised frameworks for explicit characterisation and solution of such systems.
Bone, Viv, Jahn, Ingo, Lock, Andrew
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High-Precision Binary Object Detector Based on a BSF-XNOR Convolutional Layer
IEEE Access, 2021 Recently, building an efficient and robust model for object detection has attracted the attention of the vision community. Although binary networks have a fast inference speed, they cannot be used directly on mobile devices such as unmanned aerial ...
Shaobo Wang +4 more
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Introduction to Aerial Vehicle Flight Mechanics, Stability and Control [PDF]
, 2010 This article provides an introduction to Section 5.1 on flight mechanics and dynamics, stability and control, and navigation. It introduces some basic concepts of flight control, and static and dynamic stability.
Knowles, Kevin
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Flight guidance concept for the launching and landing phase of a flying wing used in an airborne wind energy system [PDF]
Wind Energy ScienceAirborne wind energy (AWE) is an emerging technology that harvests energy by utilizing tethered airborne systems in wind fields. Given their favorable aerodynamic characteristics, employing flying wings as airborne systems holds considerable promise for ...
D. F. Duda +3 more
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A TSR Visual Servoing System Based on a Novel Dynamic Template Matching Method
Sensors, 2015 The so-called Tethered Space Robot (TSR) is a novel active space debris removal system. To solve its problem of non-cooperative target recognition during short-distance rendezvous events, this paper presents a framework for a real-time visual servoing ...
Jia Cai +3 more
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Analysis and Demonstration of First Cross-Support Interferometry Tracking in China Mars Mission
Remote Sensing, 2022 Delta-Differential One-Way Ranging (DeltaDOR) is widely used in deep spacecraft navigation, and cross support could enhance navigation accuracy with more interferometry baselines and longer baseline.
Songtao Han +7 more
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