Guided Parafoils
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Acronyms and initialisms relating to guided parafoils
Reed’s work with guided parafoils
List of links to other parafoil-related pages
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Papers about parafoils:
Benton, J. (2012). Miniaturization, Integration, Flight Testing, and Performance Analysis of a Scalable Autonomous GPS- Guided Parafoil System for Targeted Payload ReturnDownload
Benton, J; Yakimenko, O. (2013). On Development of Autonomous HAHO Parafoil System for Targeted Payload ReturnDownload
Chin, J., Dunker, S., Goodenow, D., Montague, D., Niehaus, A. (2016). Flight Analysis of an Autonomously Navigated Experimental Lander.
Dowling, M; Costello, M. (2018). Feasibility Study of Embedded Wind Energy Harvesting System for Parafoil-Payload Aircraft.Download
Dunker, S; Huisken, J; Montague, D; Barber J . (2015). Guided Parafoil High Altitude Research (GPHAR) Flight at 57,122 ft. Download
Fields, T; Heninger, M; LaCombe, J; Wang, E. (2013). In-flight Landing Location Predictions using Ascent Wind Data for High Altitude Balloons.Download
Fields, T; Yakimenko, O; LaCombe, J; Wang, E. (2014, January). Lower Stratospheric Deployment Testing of a Ram-Air Parafoil System.Download
Gang, Y. (2014). Nine-degree of Freedom Modeling and Flight Dynamic Analysis of Parafoil Aerial Delivery System Download
Gavrilovski, A; Ward, M; Costello, M. (2011). Parafoil Glide Slope Control Using Canopy Spoilers.Download
Gavrilovski, A; Ward, M; Costello, M. (2012). Parafoil Control Authority with Upper-Surface Canopy Spoilers.Download
Gorman, C; Slegers, N. (2012). Evaluation of Multibody Parafoil Dynamics Using Distributed Miniature Wireless Sensors.Download
Gravlee, M; Kutter, B; Zegler, F; Mosley, B; Haggard, R. (2008). Partial Rocket Reuse Using Mid-Air Recovery. United Launch AllianceDownload
Hewgley, C; Yakimenko, O; Slegers N. (2011). Shipboard Landing Challenges for Autonomous Parafoils.Download
Hewgley, C; Yakimenko, O. (2011). Improved Surface Layer Wind Modeling for Autonomous Parafoils in a Maritime Environment.Download
Hua, Y; Lei, S; Cheng, L; Hun, H. (2013). Study on Powered-Parafoil Longitudinal Flight Performance with a Fast Estimation Model.Download
(Missing document) Lingard, J. (1995, May). Ram-Air Parachute Design.
Madsen, C., Stein, J., Strahan, A. (2005). An Overview of the Guided Parafoil System Derived from X-38 Experience.Download
Mohammadi, M; Johari, H. (2010). Computation of Flow over a High-Performance Parafoil Canopy.Download
Murbach, M; Boronowsky, K; Benton, J; White, B; Fritzler, E. (2010). Options for Returning Payloads from the ISS after the Termination of STS Flights.Download
Patel, S; Hackett, N; Jorgensen, D. (1997). Qualification of the Guided Parafoil Air Delivery System – Light (GPADS-Light).Download
Redelinghuys, C; Rhodes, S; Adams, J; Booysen, T; Grunwald, A. (2015). Parafoil Flight Mechanics: A Novel Flight Test Facility.Download
Rogers, J; Slegers, N. (2013). Robust Parafoil Terminal Guidance Using Massively Parallel Processing.Download
Scheuermann, E; Ward, M. Costello, M; Bergeron, K. (2015). Flight Testing of Autonomous Parafoils Using Upper Surface Bleed Air Spoilers.Download
Slegers, N; Brown, A; Rogers, J. (2015). Experimental Investigation of Stochastic Parafoil Guidance Using a Graphics Processing Unit.Download
STARA Technologies, Inc. (2002, August). STARA Technologies, Inc. Introduces World’s Smallest GPS Guided Parafoil Delivery System.Download
Surendra, G; et. al. (2014). Recent Developments of Experimental Winged Rocket: Autonomous Guidance and Control Demonstration Using Parafoil.Download
Vargas, A; Evrard, J; Ortis, A; Pelissier, A. (1999). New Recovery Systems for Stratospheric Balloon Gondola.Download
Ward, M; Costello, M. (2012). Adaptive Glide Slope Control for Parafoil and Payload Aircraft.Download
Ward, M; Gavrilovski, A; Costello, M. (2013). Glide Slope Control Authority for Parafoil Canopies with Variable Incidence Angle.Download
Wolf, A; Graves, C; Powell, R; Johnson, W. (2004, February). Systems for pinpoint landing at Mars.Download
Yakimenko, O; Slegers, N; Tiaden, R. Development and Testing of the Miniature Aerial Delivery System Snowflake.Download
Yang, H; Song, L; Chen W. (2016). Research on parafoil stability using a rapid estimate modelDownload
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