Title | Depart and approach procedures for UAS in a VFR environment |
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Authors | Pastor, E., Royo, P., Delgado, L., Perez, M., Barrado, C. and Prats, X. |
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Editors | Garcia, E., Majumdar, A., Palanque, P., Pasquini, A., Saez, F.J. and Winckler, M. |
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Type | Conference paper |
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Abstract | This paper assesses the depart and approach operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in one of the most challenging scenarios: when flying under Visual Flight Rules (VFR). Inspired by some existing procedures for (manned) general aviation, some automatic and predefined procedures for UAS are proposed. Hence, standardized paths to specific waypoints close to the airport are defined for depart operations, just before starting the navigation phase. Conversely, and for the approach maneuvers, it is foreseen a first integration into a holding pattern near the landing runway (ideally above it) followed by a standard VFR airfield traffic pattern. This paper discusses the advantages of these operations which aim at minimizing possible conflicts with other existing aircraft while reducing the Pilot-in-Command workload. Finally, some preliminary simulations are shown where these procedures have been successfully tested with simulated surrounding traffic. |
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Keywords | UAS, landing take-off operations, automation |
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Year | 2011 |
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Conference | 1st International Conference on Applications and Theory of Automation in Command and Control Systems (ATACCS) |
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Publisher | IRIT Press |
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Publication dates |
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Published | 2011 |
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Journal citation | pp. 27-37 |
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Book title | Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Application and Theory of Automation in Command and Control Systems (ATACCS’2011) |
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ISBN | 9782917490143 |
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Web address (URL) | https://www.irit.fr/recherches/ICS/events/conferences/ataccs/ataccs2011/ |
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