JPH09159397A - Method and apparatus for controlling attitude of towing body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attempt to increase the moving range of a towing body by making it possible to control the attitude of the body by following up the attitude change of a mother aircraft or ship, thereby attempting to prevent the breakage accident of a towing cable, and alleviating the limit of the mobility of the mother aircraft or ship. SOLUTION: The apparatus for controlling the attitude of a towing body 1 to be towed by a mother aircraft or ship via a towing cable 2 comprises a tension sensor 11 for sensing the components of the tension applied to the cable 2 in longitudinal and lateral directions, a control calculator 12 for calculating the pitch and roll control amounts of the body 1 based on the components of the tension sensed by the sensor 11 in the longitudinal and lateral directions, and a driver 13 for driving the movable wings 1a of the body 1 based on the calculated result of the calculator 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a attitude control method and control device for a towed body towed by a mother machine or a mother ship via a towline, and more particularly to a towed body capable of preventing breakage of the towline. Attitude control method and attitude control device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 5, a towed body 1 towed by a mother machine (aircraft) or a mother ship (ship) via a tow line 102 has been used for treating targets of an anti-aircraft firearm or underwater dangerous materials.
01 is widely used. Then, in the conventional device including such towed body 101, the towed body 101
There have been many attempts to prevent breakage accidents of the towline 102 by reducing the impact applied to the towline 102 after it has been separated.

For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-102200,
A rotating winding barrel filament designed to prevent breakage of the tow line by providing braking means for slowing the rotation of the tow line when the tow line is unwound and covering and protecting the outer end of the tow line. Dispensers have been proposed.

Further, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-11299, an electromagnetic brake is provided in a towing line feeding device, and the electromagnetic brake reduces the impact force applied to the towing line at the time of feeding, thereby making the towing line move. A towing device designed to prevent breakage has been proposed.

Furthermore, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-11300,
In the towing device of Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-11299, a towing device has been proposed in which a tough line is provided between the towing line and a towing target (towing body) to prevent breakage of the towing line. There is.

[0006]

However, in these conventional towing devices, etc., the impact force applied to the tow line extended from the mother machine can be mitigated, but during the towing of the towed body, the mother machine turns or the like. It was not possible to relieve the large tension applied to the towline when the orbit was changed rapidly.

That is, the conventional towed body is not able to change its own trajectory only by being pulled by the mother aircraft by the tow line. For this reason, when the mother machine makes a sudden trajectory change, the towing body moves with a delay relative to the movement of the mother machine, and a large tension is applied to the tow line by the air resistance of the towing body at this time. However, there is a problem that the towline is broken.

Further, when the mother machine makes a sudden change of the orbit, the tow line is broken, so that the maneuverability of the mother machine is limited, and thereby the range of motion of the towed body is also limited. There was also.

Further, such a problem is not limited to the case where the towing body is towed in the air by the mother machine as described above.
The same occurs when the towed body is towed underwater by the mother ship.

Incidentally, in JP-A-57-196309,
By using an electromechanical cable for the tow line, a control system for a towed vehicle is formed, which forms a wired control signal transmission system between the mother ship and the towed vehicle, and remotely controls the towed vehicle via the wired control signal transmission system. Is proposed.

With such a structure, when the mother vessel changes its orbit, the attitude of the towed body can be quickly controlled by following the attitude change of the mother ship to prevent a large tension from being applied to the tow line. Conceivable. However, in this towed body control device, a special cable is required to control the attitude of the towed body, and the attitude control of the towed body must be performed by a worker on the mother ship side. In reality, it is very difficult to control the attitude of the towed body by following the attitude change of the mother ship.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and makes it possible to control the attitude of a towed body by following the change in attitude of a mother machine or a mother ship, thereby preventing breakage accidents of the tow line. It is an object of the present invention to provide a posture control method and a posture control device for a towed body, which can alleviate restrictions on mobility of the mother machine or the mother ship and can expand the motion range of the towed body.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above object, the attitude control method for a towed vehicle according to claim 1, is a method for controlling the attitude of a towed vehicle towed by a mother aircraft or a mother ship via a tow line. The attitude of the towing body is controlled based on at least the longitudinal and lateral components of the tension applied to the towing line, so that the attitude of the towing body follows the attitude change of the mother machine or the mother ship. It is as a procedure.

In order to carry out such a method, the attitude control device for a towed vehicle according to claim 2 is a device for controlling the attitude of a towed vehicle towed by a mother machine or a mother ship via a tow line. A tension sensor for detecting vertical and horizontal components of tension applied to the tow line, and pitch control of the towed body based on the vertical and horizontal components of tension of the tow line detected by the tension sensor. It is configured to include an arithmetic unit that calculates the amount and the roll control amount, and a drive unit that drives the movable blade of the towed body based on the calculation result of the arithmetic unit.

According to the attitude control method and attitude control device for a towed vehicle of the present invention, the attitude of the towed vehicle can be controlled by following the attitude change of the mother machine or the mother ship. Alternatively, it is possible to reduce the air resistance of the towed body when the trajectory of the mother ship is changed.

As a result, a large tension applied to the tow line can be reduced and a breakage accident of the tow line can be prevented. As a result, the restriction on the maneuverability of the mother machine or the mother ship is relaxed, and the motion range of the towed body can be greatly expanded. Further, it is also possible to automatically correct the disturbance of the attitude of the towing body during towing.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a towed vehicle attitude control method and attitude control apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an attitude control device for a towed body according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a perspective view showing a tension sensor of the above attitude control device,
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the above attitude control device.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a towed vehicle, which is connected to a mother machine (aircraft) (not shown) via a tow line 2.
The towed body 1 is provided with an attitude control device including a tension sensor 11, a control calculator 12, and four drive units 13.

As shown in FIG. 1, the towline 2 is coupled to the tension sensor 11, and the tension sensor 11 is arranged to measure the component F _{Z of the} tension F applied to the towline 2 in the longitudinal direction (Z-axis direction) and the lateral direction. The component F _Y in the direction (Y-axis direction) is detected.

The tension sensor 11 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a support fitting 11a having shaft portions projecting in the X-, Y-, and Z-axis directions of the towed body 1, and the support fitting 11 respectively.
Can be formed by the strain gauges 11b respectively attached to the two shaft portions protruding in the Y-axis direction and the Z-axis direction.

With such a structure, when tension F is applied to the towline 2, a minute strain is generated in each shaft portion forming the support fitting 11a, and this strain is detected by each strain gauge 11b. It is possible to detect the vertical component F _Z and the horizontal component F _Y of the tension F applied to the towline 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control calculator 12 has a pitch controller 12a and a roll controller 12b. The pitch control unit 12a inputs the vertical component F _Z from the tension sensor 11 and calculates the vertical control amount of the towed vehicle 1.
Further, the roll control unit 12b inputs the lateral component F _Y from the tension sensor 11 and calculates the lateral control amount of the towing vehicle 1.

Here, FIG. 4 shows these pitch control sections 12a.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a roll control unit 12b and a roll control unit 12b. The pitch control unit 12a and the roll control unit 12b will be described with reference to FIG. The pitch control unit 12a and the roll control unit 12b are substantially the same in configuration except that they are controlled in different directions (vertical direction and horizontal direction).

In the figure, the pitch control section 12a (or the roll control section 12b) to which the vertical component F _Z (or the horizontal component F _Y ) is input is, on the other hand, (1) The vertical component F _{Z The} error amount S ₀ is calculated by comparing _Z with the final target amount 0. (2) This error amount S ₀ is input to the proportional constant unit 121, and the control amount S ₁ proportional to the error is calculated. (3) At this time, the error amount S ₀ is input to the integrator 122 and the proportional constant unit 123, and the control amount S ₂ proportional to the error integration amount is calculated.

(4) Further, the pitch control unit 12a, on the other hand, inputs the vertical component F _Z to the differentiator 124 and the proportional constant unit 125, and differentiates the error, that is, the control amount S proportional to the change amount. Calculate ₃ . (5) After that, the control amount S ₁ proportional to the error, the control amount S ₂ proportional to the integral amount of the error, and the control amount S ₃ proportional to the change amount.
Is added (S ₄ ), and this calculation result S ₄ is added to the proportional constant part 1
26, and the final controlled variable S ₅ is calculated.

As shown in FIG. 1, each drive unit 13 is connected to four movable blades 1a attached to the rear end of the towing body 1, and as shown in FIG. 2, a pitch control unit 12a.
And the final control amount S ₅ output from the roll controller 12b
Based on this, the four movable wings 1a are rotated. As a result, the attitude of the towed body 1 is controlled by following the attitude change of the mother machine.

According to the attitude control method and the attitude control device for a towed vehicle of the present embodiment, the attitude of the towed vehicle 1 can be controlled by following the attitude change of the mother machine. It is possible to reduce the air resistance of the towed body 1 when the trajectory is changed.

As a result, a large tension applied to the towline 2 can be reduced and a breakage accident of the towline 2 can be prevented. As a result, the restriction on the maneuverability of the mother machine is relaxed, and the range of motion of the towed body 1 can be greatly expanded. Further, it is also possible to automatically correct the attitude disorder of the towing body 1 during towing.

The attitude control method and attitude control device for a towed body of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments. For example, the attitude control method and attitude control device of the towed body of the present invention are not limited to the case where the towing body is towed in the air by the mother machine as described above, and may be applied to the case where the towing body is towed underwater by the mother ship. You can

Further, in the attitude control device of the present embodiment described above, from the viewpoint of simply performing the attitude control of the towed body 1, of the components forming the tension F, the vertical component F _Z and the horizontal component. Although the configuration of controlling the attitude of the towing vehicle 1 is based only on F _Y , the attitude of the towing vehicle 1 is controlled by adding the component F _X in the towing direction (X-axis direction) to these components F _Z and F _Y. Can also be

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, a strain gauge (two-dot chain line) is added to the shaft portion of the support fitting 11a of the tension sensor 11 projecting in the X-axis direction, and the strain gauge detects the X-axis direction. If the component F _X is added to the calculation of the roll control amount and the pitch control amount in FIGS. 3 and 4, X,
The attitude of the towed vehicle 1 can be controlled based on the components F _X , F _Y , and F _Z in the Y and Z axis directions.

[0032]

As described above, according to the attitude control method and attitude control device for a towed vehicle of the present invention, it is possible to control the attitude of the towed vehicle by following the attitude change of the mother aircraft or the mother ship. It is possible to prevent breakage accidents of the towline, relax the mobility limitation of the mother machine or the mother ship, and expand the range of motion of the towed body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an attitude control device for a towed body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a tension sensor of the attitude control device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the attitude control device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a pitch control unit and a roll control unit that form a control calculation unit of the attitude control device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a towing body is towed by a mother aircraft (aircraft).

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Towing body 2 Towing line 11 Tension sensor 12 Control calculation part 12a Pitch control part 12b Roll control part 121,123,125,126 Proportional constant part 122 Integrator 124 Differentiator

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method of controlling the attitude of a towed body towed by a mother aircraft or a mother ship via a towline, wherein the towline is based on at least a longitudinal component and a lateral component of a tension applied to the towline. A towed body attitude control method, wherein the attitude of the towed body is made to follow the attitude change of the mother machine or the mother ship by controlling the body attitude. 2. A device for controlling the attitude of a towed body towed by a mother machine or a mother ship via a tow line, comprising a tension sensor for detecting longitudinal and lateral components of tension applied to the tow line. An arithmetic unit for calculating the pitch control amount and roll control amount of the towed body based on the longitudinal and lateral components of the tension of the tow line detected by the tension sensor, and based on the calculation result of this arithmetic unit. An attitude control device for a towed body, comprising: a drive unit that drives a movable blade of the towed body.