Extending Range and Minimizing Turn Radius for a Missile Rocket

Abstract

This paper studied ways to improve flight performance of controlled rocket i.e. missile by exploiting correlations between static margin, directional stability and bank-to-turn steering strategy. The flight performance involved are extending range and minimizing turn radius. Eventhough this research found that controlled rocket could significantly boost its longitudinal-mode range, nevertheless this research emphasized on the directional-mode motion of rocket trajectory. Minimum turn radius was used as parameter to check the quality of flight performance of the missile. It is found that minimum turn radius could be reached from a specifically narrow spectrum of static margin, and correlatively this spectrum would provide maximum range in longitudinal axis. Careful picking position of center gravity is a paramount instrument to produce successful missile design aerodynamically and in terms of controllability.