A potential approach for recovery of remotely piloted vehicles (RPV) is the in-flight docking of the RPV with a mothership. Some design concepts are presented for in-flight recovery systems. A steady aerodynamic analysis was performed on a hypothetical RPV as it approached the mothership for docking. The correct trend in the variation of lift and static pitch moment of the RPV was predicted using a horseshoe vortex model to represent the mothership.


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    Title :

    Investigation of Lift, Drag, and Aerodynamic Pitching Moment During In-Flight Recovery of a Remotely Piloted Vehicle


    Contributors:
    J. L. Gross (author)

    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    99 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







    Remotely Piloted Vehicle

    D. J. Tracy | NTIS | 1978


    Remotely Piloted Vehicle

    D. J. Tracy / J. P. Palmer / D. J. O'Brien | NTIS | 1978