Minimum Time Dubins Airplane Paths with Asymmetric Climb Rates

arXiv:2607.15863v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Dubins airplane paths approximate the limited maneuverability of fixed-wing vehicles with minimum curvature and climb rate constraints. However, the symmetric climb rate constraints result in sub-optimal paths and conservative vehicle performance. In this work, we propose asymmetric Dubins airplane paths, which consider asymmetric climb rates for climbing and descending. We revisit the time optimality conditions and show that the asymmetric flight ...