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Return-to-Home Function for an Integrated Flight Guidance System in Non-Segregated Airspace
Zoe Mbikayi Research Associate, Technical University of Munich, Institute of Flight System Dynamics, 85748, Garching near Munich, Germany.
Tim Rupprecht Research Associate, Technical University of Munich, Institute of Flight System Dynamics, 85748, Garching near Munich, Germany.
Agnes Steinert Research Associate, Technical University of Munich, Institute of Flight System Dynamics, 85748, Garching near Munich, Germany.
Dominik Heimsch Research Associate, Technical University of Munich, Institute of Flight System Dynamics, 85748, Garching near Munich, Germany.
Florian Holzapfel Head of Institute, Technical University of Munich, Institute of Flight System Dynamics, 85748, Garching near Munich, Germany.
Abstract:
This paper presents a return-to-home function with a turn-around maneuver developed as a part of an automatic trajectory generation system, for an integrated flight guidance system. The trajectory generation system has been developed at the Institute of Flight System Dynamics as a modular and flexible platform that can be used for a broad range of systems. The turn-around maneuver presented in this paper is based on a 45°/180° procedure turn, which is used to reverse the course of the aircraft, before flying the inverted flight plan in order to go back to the take-off point. The decision to invert the flight plan is motivated by the fact that the system is intended to be used in non-segregated airspace, where the aircraft might not be allowed to simply fly a straight line or an optimized path other than the uploaded flight plan. The paper presents both the development of the maneuver, and the integration logic in the trajectory generation system.
Keywords: GNC; eVTOL; Return-to-home; Trajectory Generation; Flight Guidance
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Zoe Mbikayi, Tim Rupprecht, Agnes Steinert, Dominik Heimsch, Florian Holzapfel: Return-to-Home Function for an Integrated Flight Guidance System in Non-Segregated Airspace. Proceedings of the 2024 CEAS EuroGNC conference. Bristol, UK. June 2024. CEAS-GNC-2024-015.
BibTeX entry:

@Incollection{CEAS-GNC-2024-015,
    author = {Mbikayi, Zoe and Rupprecht, Tim and Steinert, Agnes and Heimsch, Dominik and Holzapfel, Florian},
    title = {Return-to-Home Function for an Integrated Flight Guidance System in Non-Segregated Airspace},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 {CEAS EuroGNC} conference},
    address = {Bristol, UK},
    month = jun,
    year = {2024},
    note = {CEAS-GNC-2024-015}
}