The Development of a Concept of an Unmanned Glider-tug. Part 1

Authors

  • Tomasz Muszyński Institute of Technical Sciences and Aviation, The State School of Higher Education in Chelm.
  • Łukasz Puzio Aviation Training Center of The State School of Higher Education in Chelm
  • Filip Doniec Faculty of Engineering, specialty "pilotage and aircraft mechanic", Institute of Technical Sciences and Aviation, The State School of Higher Education in Chelm
  • Grzegorz Ruge Faculty of Engineering, specialty "pilotage and aircraft mechanic", Institute of Technical Sciences and Aviation, The State School of Higher Education in Chelm.
  • Piotr Skorupa Faculty of Engineering, specialty "pilotage and aircraft mechanic", Institute of Technical Sciences and Aviation, The State School of Higher Education in Chelm

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18372/1990-5548.68.16094

Keywords:

unmanned aerial vehicle, ; tug, sailplane model, lift force distribution

Abstract

The article presents the development of the unmanned glider tug project, a description of the stages of a new technical solution, submitted to the patent office in December 2017 and developed to date. The proposed towing system consists of a universal drone ground control station and a tugboat rigidly connected to the sailplane. The proposed solution is aimed at reducing operating costs and limiting the number of people necessary to service sailplane flights.

Author Biographies

Tomasz Muszyński, Institute of Technical Sciences and Aviation, The State School of Higher Education in Chelm.

Doctor of Engineering Science

Łukasz Puzio, Aviation Training Center of The State School of Higher Education in Chelm

Master of Engineering, Head of Aviation Training Center of The State School of Higher Education in Chelm

Filip Doniec, Faculty of Engineering, specialty "pilotage and aircraft mechanic", Institute of Technical Sciences and Aviation, The State School of Higher Education in Chelm

Student

Grzegorz Ruge, Faculty of Engineering, specialty "pilotage and aircraft mechanic", Institute of Technical Sciences and Aviation, The State School of Higher Education in Chelm.

Student

Piotr Skorupa, Faculty of Engineering, specialty "pilotage and aircraft mechanic", Institute of Technical Sciences and Aviation, The State School of Higher Education in Chelm

Student

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Picture made by Tomasz Muszyński.

Picture of concept by Tomasz Muszyński.

Visualization of concept by Tomasz Muszyński

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Published

2021-11-22

How to Cite

Muszyński, T. ., Puzio, Łukasz ., Doniec, F. ., Ruge, G. ., & Skorupa, P. . (2021). The Development of a Concept of an Unmanned Glider-tug. Part 1. Electronics and Control Systems, 2(68), 62–66. https://doi.org/10.18372/1990-5548.68.16094

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 68 (2021)

Section

AVIATION TRANSPORT

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