Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control – Automatic guidance
Patent
1994-12-28
1996-06-04
Carone, Michael J.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Automatic guidance
F42B 1501
Patent
active
055225675
ABSTRACT:
This invention is an apparatus and method for determining a set of instantaneous values of optimum flight path for a gliding vehicle at any time t, by determining, at each time t, altitude and position information associated with the vehicle, and wind profile information as a function of the altitude of the vehicle; determining, at each time t, the effective glide slope ratio of the vehicle as a function of the altitude of the vehicle, and then integrating the effective glide slope ratio, at each time t, from the destination point toward the current position and altitude of the vehicle. The invention also contemplates converting such time-dependent value of optimum flight path into a set of control commands for control surface actuators on the vehicle.
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Carone Michael J.
Ginsberg Lawrence N.
Lewis Terrell P.
Rockwell International Corp.
Silberberg Charles T.
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