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http://dx.doi.org/10.12985/ksaa.2015.23.1.008

A Study on the Wind Estimation for Unmanned Parafoil System  

Kim, Tae-Wook (한국항공대학교 대학원 항공우주 및 기계공학과)
Song, Yong-Kyu (한국항공대학교 항공우주 및 기계공학부)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics / v.23, no.1, 2015 , pp. 8-13 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, a simple algorithm is proposed to estimate wind speed and direction which can significantly improve the landing performance of an unmanned parafoil. The proposed algorithm is applied to flight test data along with other known algorithms and the results are compared and discussed. The proposed algorithm shows comparable performance while it can still be applied to the parafoil under control.
Keywords
Unmanned Parafoil system; ADC(Air Data Computer); TAS(True Air Speed); GS(Ground Speed); EM(Energy Management);
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