Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2022, 24(1):E28-E35 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2022.1.E28-E35

Aircraft Position Prediction during the Crosswind Approach

Marek Grzegorzewski ORCID...1, Jerzy Bia³y ORCID...1
Institute of Navigation, Military University of Aviation, Deblin, Poland

Testing the impact of the drag coefficient on an F16 aircraft model, depending on the angle of attack was performed. First, a navigation model was introduced describing the preliminary and computational assumptions of the model. The final part of the present paper contains the relationships between the wind angle and the wind correction angle at the angle of attack = 00, = 110, = 130 for a full-scale F-16 aircraft. The tables present results of all the calculations for individual angles of attack, taking into account variable wind angles relative to the longitudinal axis of the runway. The values show the corrections calculated for an 1/19 scale aircraft model and for a full-scale F16 aircraft. The "right" and "left" designations represent the direction from which the wind blows in relation to the aircraft.

Keywords: GPS, position prediction, navigation
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This research was funded by Polish Air Force University Statutory Project: Prediction of Position on the Glide Path Using Bessel Equations - Testing the F16 Aircraft Drag Coefficient in the Function of Wind Angle, grant number PBN 03077/2017/WAT. The APC was funded by Polish Air Force University, Deblin, Poland.

Received: March 16, 2021; Accepted: April 19, 2021; Prepublished online: November 8, 2021; Published: January 1, 2022  Show citation

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Grzegorzewski, M., & Bia³y, J. (2022). Aircraft Position Prediction during the Crosswind Approach. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 24(1), E28-35. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2022.1.E28-E35
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