Politecnico Di Torino

Nautilus, Inc.

Piero Gili

Ugo Icardi

Romualdo Ruotolo

Manuela Battipede

Piercarlo Vercesi

Angelo Lerro

Alberto Brandl

A computer implemented method for estimating angles of attack and/or an angle of sideslip of a flying body includes the steps of: providing data or measurements representative of a time derivative of a module of a speed of the flying body with respect to an air; providing data or measurements representative of corresponding projections of coordinate accelerations on a Cartesian reference frame fixed to the flying body; and calculating the angles of attack and/or the sideslip on a basis of an mathematical relationship of the angles of attack and the sideslip with the coordinate accelerations and the time derivative of the module of the speed of the flying body with respect to the air.

Method and system for estimating aerodynamic angles of a flying body

A highly maneuverable aircraft with aerostatic lift consists, in particular, of a non-rigid airship () which can be piloted or radio-controlled; the airship () is sustained by helium and consists of two spindle-shaped elements side by side () joined by a connecting structure () to form a characteristic catamaran shape, without deflecting aerodynamic control surfaces as the command system consists of a set of several adjustable electric motors, each driving a variable-pitch propeller ().

Dual hull airship controlled by thrust vectoring

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Turin, Italy

Piero Gili