Recently, several aircraft which lack vertical tails have been developed, the so-called 'tailless aircraft'. For directional stability, these aircraft are actively controlled using devices such as drag rudders. In the case of winged re-entry vehicles, it will be useful to apply this technology, especially from the structural viewpoint. In this paper, a tailless configuration of the HOPE-X (H-II Orbiting Plane Experimental), a winged re-entry vehicle being developed by the National Aerospace Laboratory and the National Space Development Agency of Japan, was analyzed. Laterial/directional control laws were designed for this configuration using the MDM/MDP approach. Though directional stability degenerated without fins, the vehicle was stabilized and controlled to a certain degree using split elevons.
Feasibility Study of Lateral/Directional Control of Winged Re-entry Vehicle with Split Elevons
1999
28 pages
Report
No indication
English
Unmanned Spacecraft , Spacecraft Trajectories & Flight Mechanics , Aerodynamics , Reentry vehicles , Lateral control , Directional control , Winged vehicles , Feasibility studies , Aerospace planes , Control surfaces , Tailless aircraft , Aerodynamic stability , Elevons , Foreign technology , Split elevons , HOPE-X reentry vehicles , HOPE-X(H-II Orbiting Plane-Experimental) , MDM(Multiple Delay Model) , MDP(Multiple Design Point)
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