Unmanned aircraft turn and approach system

An aircraft including a wing system, a plurality of control surfaces, a camera mounted on a camera pod, and a control system. The camera pod is configured to vary the orientation of the camera field of view only in yaw, relative to the aircraft, between a directly forward-looking orientation and a s...

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Hauptverfasser:	Nicoloff, William J, Sornborger, Eric M, Cremean, Lars B
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AEROPLANES AIMING AIRCRAFT ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION BLASTING CONTROLLING COSMONAUTICS EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FLYING SUITS HEATING HELICOPTERS LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PARACHUTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGULATING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TRANSPORTING WEAPON SIGHTS WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An aircraft including a wing system, a plurality of control surfaces, a camera mounted on a camera pod, and a control system. The camera pod is configured to vary the orientation of the camera field of view only in yaw, relative to the aircraft, between a directly forward-looking orientation and a side-looking orientation. The control system controls the control surfaces such that they induce a significant aircraft yaw causing an identified target to be within the field of view of the camera with the camera in the directly forward-looking orientation.