by bank-turn mechanism for a fixed-wing UAV at a constant altitude. The flight trajectories
should be optimal and stay in the UAV flight operational area. The maneuver planning is
conducted in two steps, which are UAV path planning and UAV flight trajectory planning. For
the first step, the Bezier curve is employed as a maneuvering path. The path planning
optimization objective is to minimize the path length while satisfying maximum curvature and …
This paper addresses an optimization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight trajectories
by bank-turn mechanism for a fixed-wing UAV at a constant altitude. The flight trajectories
should be optimal and stay in the UAV flight operational area. The maneuver planning is
conducted in two steps, which are UAV path planning and UAV flight trajectory planning. For
the first step, the Bezier curve is employed as a maneuvering path. The path planning
optimization objective is to minimize the path length while satisfying maximum curvature and …