30th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

05.2 - Flight Dynamics and Control (UAV related)

EFFECT OF YAW-TILTED HINGE AXIS ON DEPLOYMENT ROBUSTNESS OF MARS AIRPLANE

K. Fujitaš, H. Nagai, Tohoku University, Japan; A. Oyamaš; šISAS/JAXA, Japan

This paper investigates the robustness of the aerial deployment behavior of the foldable-wing airplane for Mars exploration especially focused on the effect of the hinge axis tilting in a yaw direction. The tilted hinge axis design can deploy with low torque. The sideslip angle increase due to the hinge-axis tilting suppressed an aerodynamic force on the deploying wing.


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