Autonomous Steerable Ram-Air Type Load Parachute System Desıgn And Alternatıve Trajectory Algorıthm

Abstract

The required supplies should be delivered by air to places that cannot be reached by land or sea. However, air resupply requires a runway on which the aircraft can land. In order to eliminate this need, the airdrop method is used. Airdrop is a commonly used replenishment method in both humanitarian aid operations and military operations where necessary. The most important limitations of airdrop replenishment are that the cargo may be affected by the wind and fall into undesirable areas and that the aircraft is vulnerable to enemy air defense systems. In today's cross-border operations, airdrops are necessary to ensure that troops can reach the supplies they need. GPS-guided, steerable parachutes can be used for high-altitude, long-distance airdrop by protecting the aircraft from enemy air defense weapons and preventing the payload from being blown away by the wind or into the hands of undesirable persons. In this study, the design of the system required by the Turkish Armed Forces is made, the command and control unit is created and the trajectory tracking algorithm is presented.