TY - GEN
T1 - Dynamic soaring supported by engine power in poor wind conditions
AU - Sachs, G.
AU - Grüter, B.
AU - Hong, H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Dynamic soaring is a flight mode by which energy can be gained from the wind so that flying without cost is feasible. This does not hold for poor wind conditions below a certain minimum in the wind strength. It is shown that dynamic soaring can be maintained in poor wind conditions by a power support from the engine. An optimization method is used to determine the minimum engine power effort for maintaining dynamic soaring. Results on the minimum engine power effort are presented for the entire poor wind region down to zero wind. Two dynamic soaring modes are dealt with of which one is a travelling/cruise mode and the other an endurance/loitering mode.
AB - Dynamic soaring is a flight mode by which energy can be gained from the wind so that flying without cost is feasible. This does not hold for poor wind conditions below a certain minimum in the wind strength. It is shown that dynamic soaring can be maintained in poor wind conditions by a power support from the engine. An optimization method is used to determine the minimum engine power effort for maintaining dynamic soaring. Results on the minimum engine power effort are presented for the entire poor wind region down to zero wind. Two dynamic soaring modes are dealt with of which one is a travelling/cruise mode and the other an endurance/loitering mode.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85100438170
SN - 9781624106095
T3 - AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
SP - 1
EP - 18
BT - AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2021
Y2 - 11 January 2021 through 15 January 2021
ER -