METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE TRACK OF A FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT IN RELATION TO VORTEX GENERATED BY AN AIRCRAFT.

摘要

The device for controlling the trajectory of a trailing aircraft (AC2) relative to vortices (V1, V2) generated by a leading aircraft (AC1), these aircraft (AC1, AC2) flying in formation (F), comprises a unit for determining, using a vortex transport model, a safety position (PS), in which the following aircraft (AC2) is not subject to vortex effects (V1, V2) generated by the leading aircraft (AC1) while remaining in formation flight (F), a unit for determining, using a vortex signature model, an optimum position (OP), in which the aircraft follower (AC2) flying in formation (F) benefits from the effects of at least one (V1) vortex (V1, V2), and a control unit for bringing and maintaining the tracking aircraft (AC2) in the safety position (PS), if and as long as predetermined conditions are met, and otherwise for the remainder of the formation flight, to bring it into and keep it in the opt position imale (PO).