Abstract
Abstract. The ability for an aircraft to fly during a much extended period of time has become a key issue and a target of research, both in the domain of civilian aviation and unmanned aerial vehicles. This paper describes a new design and evaluating of solar wind aircraft with the objective to assess the impact of a new system design on overall flight crew performance. The required endurance is in the range of some hours in the case of law enforcement, border surveillance, forest fire fighting or power line inspection. However, other applications at high altitudes, such as geomatic operations for delivering geographic information, weather research and forecast, environmental monitoring, would require remaining airborne during days, weeks or even months. The design of GNSS non precision approach procedure for different airports is based on geomatic data.
Highlights
The use of the renewable energy in aviation is growing step by step
Because of a crucial part lies in the combination of all the elements, and in their quality. This is especially true for multidisciplinary projects, the case of a solar wind aeroplane being an ideal example as it requires knowledge in the fields of aerodynamics (Wilson, C., Nutbean, J. and Bond, I., 2000), actuators, sensors, electronics, energy storage, photovoltaic, etc
Geomatic is the operation of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information, it consists of products, services and tools involved in the collection, integration and management of geographic data
Summary
The use of the renewable energy in aviation is growing step by step. For the moment, it is only possible to reach such ambitious goals using electric solar powered platforms (Alves, J., Dube, L. and Ohnstad, C., 2006). Because of a crucial part lies in the combination of all the elements, and in their quality This is especially true for multidisciplinary projects, the case of a solar wind aeroplane being an ideal example as it requires knowledge in the fields of aerodynamics (Wilson, C., Nutbean, J. and Bond, I., 2000), actuators, sensors, electronics, energy storage, photovoltaic, etc. Geomatic is the operation of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information, it consists of products, services and tools involved in the collection, integration and management of geographic data. These operations can be used in order to perform GNSS non precision approach procedure for different airports.
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