Formation of Flight Trajectories of an Unmanned Glider Based on the Methodology of Inverse Dynamics Problems

Within the framework of the direct variational optimization method in boundary value problems of flight dynamics, a method for selecting the support functions is proposed, which makes it possible to form the flight trajectory of an unmanned glider based on application of the methodology of inverse dynamics problems. A special feature of the vehicle under consideration is the absence of a power plant, which means the strict restrictions on the flight path associated with a limited supply of total energy, available on board at the launch time.