DocumentCode
3266893
Title
Design, development and flight experiment of a small reusable rocket that glides using two-stage parachute
Author
Itakura, Kyoshiro ; Kobayashi, Takahiro ; Sasaki, Gaku ; Ishibashi, Koki ; Shigeoka, Shintaro ; Sugii, Masahiro ; Ueta, Naoya ; Nakachi, Yuki ; Nakayama, Yuta ; Inai, Sachi ; Narumi, Tomohiro ; Matsumoto, Takaaki ; Sagara, Shinichi ; Akahoshi, Yasuhiro ;
Author_Institution
Dept. of Mech. & Control Eng., Kyushu Inst. of Technol., Kitakyushu, Japan
fYear
2011
fDate
20-22 Dec. 2011
Firstpage
991
Lastpage
996
Abstract
This paper introduces the design, development and flight result of a small reusable rocket that glides using parafoil. The mission is autonomous guidance using parafoil, because the rocket must be recovered safely at target point. In order to avoid tangling of parafoil strings, roll control using aileron is employed to keep the ejection door upward. The rocket was launched at an annual rocket launch campaign held in France. The launch and roll control were successful, however the guidance was failed because parafoil strings tangled with rocket due to opening shock. The rocket landed at 480 meters from the target point.
Keywords
aerospace testing; air safety; attitude control; parachutes; rockets; space vehicles; aileron; annual rocket launch campaign; autonomous guidance mission; ejection door; flight experiment; launch control; parafoil string tangling avoidance; roll control; safe rocket recovery; small reusable rocket design; two-stage parachute; Aerodynamics; Aerospace electronics; Angular velocity; Engines; Global Positioning System; Rockets; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Integration (SII), 2011 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Kyoto
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1523-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SII.2011.6147584
Filename
6147584
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