28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS2012-P5.9

GUST RESPONSE ANALYSIS IN THE FLIGHT FORMATION OF UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES

Y. Inada, K. Ohta, H. Takanobu*
Tokai Univ., Japan; *Kogakuin Univ., Japan

Keywords: gust response, flight formation, unmanned air vehicle, polarity, nearest neighbor distance

Gust response in the flight formation of unmanned air vehicles is investigated by using the biologically-inspired flight formation control model. Both the maximum number of interacting neighbors and the size of parallel orientation field around the agent have distinct effects on the stability of flight formation under the gust.

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