A method involves operating an aerial vehicle in a hover-flight orientation. The aerial vehicle is connected to a tether that defines a tether sphere having a radius based on a length of the tether, and the tether is connected to a ground station. The method involves positioning the aerial vehicle at a first location that is substantially on the tether sphere. The method involves transitioning the aerial vehicle from the hover-flight orientation to a forward-flight orientation, such that the aerial vehicle moves from the tether sphere. And the method involves operating the aerial vehicle in the forward-flight orientation to ascend at an angle of ascent to a second location that is substantially on the tether sphere. The first and second locations are substantially downwind of the ground station.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSITIONING AN AERIAL VEHICLE BETWEEN HOVER FLIGHT AND CROSSWIND FLIGHT
VERFAHREN UND SYSTEME ZUM ÜBERGANG ZWISCHEN EINEM SCHWEBEFLUG UND EINEM QUERABFLUG FÜR EIN LUFTFAHRZEUG
PROCÉDÉS ET SYSTÈMES DE TRANSITION D'UN VÉHICULE AÉRIEN ENTRE VOL STATIONNAIRE ET VOL PAR VENT DE TRAVERS
2019-09-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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