An optimum pursuit problem

✍ Scribed by G. Leitmann

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1957
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 194 KB
• Volume: 263
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(57)90227-2

✦ Synopsis

PROBLEM

The optimum thrust direction of a rocket fired from a fighter plane pursuing a constant velocity target is determined with a view towards maximizing the initial stand-off.

It is shown that for flight in vacua the optimum thrust direction remains constant.