{"id":2108,"date":"2026-10-27T11:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/losdv\/projekti\/raketa-pristanek\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:38:27","slug":"raketa-pristanek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/losdv\/en\/projekti\/raketa-pristanek\/","title":{"rendered":"A rocket that lands by itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull au-section au-section--dark au-projhero is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group au-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"au-back wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/losdv\/en\/#iz-nasega-dela\">\u2190 Projects and theses<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"au-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">01.9 \u00b7 Master's thesis \u00b7 2026<\/p>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A rocket that lands by itself<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"au-lead wp-block-paragraph\">A prototype with an electric ducted fan and thrust vectoring hovers automatically and lands in a controlled way.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"anim-box\">\n      <canvas id=\"anim\" aria-label=\"Animation: the rocket takes off and hovers, a gust of wind tilts it, thrust vectoring straightens it, then it lands in a controlled way. The graph shows the altitude and the desired altitude.\"><\/canvas>\n      <div class=\"anim-cap mono\"><span>Illustration \u00b7 take-off, hovering with a disturbance, landing<\/span><button class=\"anim-toggle\" type=\"button\">Stop<\/button><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull au-section is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group au-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns au-projbody is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-89c98654 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the project<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prototype with an electric ducted fan (EDF) and thrust vectoring hovers automatically and lands in a controlled way. Stability is ensured by a cascade of controllers.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A rocket standing on its thrust jet is unstable \u2013 any small tilt quickly grows without intervention. By deflecting the thrust direction ( <em>thrust vector control<\/em>) the controller creates a torque that returns the rocket to the vertical, while controlling its altitude through the thrust magnitude.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it works<\/h2>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list au-steps\">\n<li><strong>The EDF drive<\/strong> \u2013 an electric fan in a duct \u2013 provides the thrust for take-off and hovering.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Thrust vectoring<\/strong> deflects the jet and so corrects the rocket's tilt.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>A cascade of controllers<\/strong>: the inner loop quickly stabilises the angle and angular velocity, the outer loop controls the altitude and position until a controlled landing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column au-facts is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table au-facts__table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Type<\/td><td>Master's thesis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Year<\/td><td>2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Field<\/td><td>Remote control<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Drive<\/td><td>Electric ducted fan (EDF)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Actuation<\/td><td>Thrust vectoring<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Control<\/td><td>Cascade<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6aef85183fc8d&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6aef85183fc8d\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"\/losdv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/diplome1-1.png\" alt=\"Raketa z ventilatorskim pogonom\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"au-textlink wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dk.um.si\/IzpisGradiva.php?id=97606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read in DKUM \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group au-projnav is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/losdv\/en\/projekti\/dvokolesni-robot\/\"><span>\u2190 Previous<\/span>Agile two-wheeled robot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/losdv\/en\/projekti\/ofdm-radar\/\"><span>Next \u2192<\/span>OFDM radar on the USRP platform<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Projekti in zaklju\u010dna dela 01.9 \u00b7 Magistrsko delo \u00b7 2026 Raketa, ki pristane sama Prototip z elektri\u010dnim ventilatorskim pogonom in vektorskim usmerjanjem potiska samodejno lebdi in nadzorovano pristane. Ponazoritev \u00b7 vzlet, lebdenje z motnjo, pristanekUstavi O projektu Prototip z elektri\u010dnim ventilatorskim pogonom (EDF) in vektorskim usmerjanjem potiska samodejno lebdi in nadzorovano pristane. Stabilnost zagotavlja [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2098,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-brez-naslova","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/losdv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/losdv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/losdv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/losdv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/losdv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/losdv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2131,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/losdv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2108\/revisions\/2131"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/losdv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/au.feri.um.si\/losdv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}