Adaptive Formation Flight of Fixed-Wing Cooperative Swarming Drones: Analytical Study and Aerodynamic Analysis

摘要

It is common in nature for an animal of the same or different species to work together if the two share a common goal. Most commonly, working together can help ensure the survival of both animals. Applying to drone technology, it would be advantageous to give drones the capability to assist other drones, combining in swarming formations. It would increase flight efficiency and allow for a wider range of missions. Drones that could assist one another mid-flight, or if one drone suffered a failure, another could recover or help prevent damage would be beneficial. The purpose of designing adaptive formation to fixed-wing drones is to allow them to take advantage of phenomena that occur in nature. In this paper, the drag reduction of echelon-shaped swarming drones while transitioning to attached drones is investigated in order to achieve a specific task.