Development of a small parafoil vehicle for precision delivery
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2005.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| author | Toohey, Damian |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/324572019-04-11T11:38:09Z Development of a small parafoil vehicle for precision delivery Toohey, Damian John J. Deyst. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Aeronautics and Astronautics. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2005. "June 2005." Includes bibliographical references (leaf 84). The goal of the MIT Draper Partnership Program is to develop a system capable of deploying a cluster of ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) sensors over an area of interest. One of the proposed methods is a guided parafoil vehicle that is deployed from a UAV. After unfurling its canopy, it is envisioned that the vehicle would follow a planned trajectory to the target, and vision-based targeting system would be employed to provide the necessary accuracy. A 6DOF parafoil simulation was created in the Matlab/Simulink environment to study the parafoil dynamics and assess the feasibility of the delivery method. The parafoil's range and controllability were tested under a variety of simulated wind conditions, and a hypothetical mission was conceived to evaluate the performance of the proposed trajectory designs and guidance laws. Also, an extended Kalman filter was incorporated into the simulation to determine effectiveness of the camera-based targeting system and other navigation sensors. by Damian Toohey. S.M. 2006-03-29T18:46:17Z 2006-03-29T18:46:17Z 2005 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32457 61751396 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 91 leaves 3705741 bytes 3710104 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Aeronautics and Astronautics. Toohey, Damian Development of a small parafoil vehicle for precision delivery |
| title | Development of a small parafoil vehicle for precision delivery |
| title_full | Development of a small parafoil vehicle for precision delivery |
| title_fullStr | Development of a small parafoil vehicle for precision delivery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a small parafoil vehicle for precision delivery |
| title_short | Development of a small parafoil vehicle for precision delivery |
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| topic | Aeronautics and Astronautics. |
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