Timothy Wiley

Modernising Delivery: A Low-Energy Tethered Package System Using Fixed-Wing Drones

Fixed-wing Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can be used for remote package delivery missions by connecting a package to a UAV via a long tether. With a circular flight path at a calculated loiter radius, tether length and orbiting velocity, a package can be lowered to the ground in a quasi-stationary…