Publication detail

Wake vortex gliding

ZIKMUND, P.

Original Title

Wake vortex gliding

Type

conference proceedings

Language

English

Original Abstract

Airplanes and birds can save energy by flying in formation. The energy is harvested from the wake vortex of the formation leader. This paper brings flight performance feasibility study of an extreme formation when a big airliner is followed by a small UAV. Models of B 747 wake vertices are laid out and parameters of the UAV designed for flight in the wake vortex are introduced. Regions with sufficient energy for gliding flight are analysed for different vortex models.

Keywords

Flight in formation, Self-sustained flight, UAV, Wake vortex

Authors

ZIKMUND, P.

Released

29. 6. 2015

Location

Krakow, Poland

Pages from

1

Pages to

8

Pages count

8

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/63158

BibTex

@proceedings{BUT115200,
  editor="Pavel {Zikmund}",
  title="Wake vortex gliding",
  year="2015",
  pages="1--8",
  address="Krakow, Poland"
}