Maximum Altitude Sailplane Winch-Launch Trajectories
- 1 May 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Aeronautical Quarterly
- Vol. 28 (2) , 75-84
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001925900007976
Abstract
Summary A class of dynamic sailplane winch-launch trajectory problems for maximum altitude is formulated. Numerical solutions are presented for representative values of maximum allowed lift coefficient and cable acceleration. The optimal trajectory is shown to consist of a climb-dive-climb sequence. An inequality constraint on cable retraction speed is also imposed and results in more realistic trajectories.Keywords
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