Ground And Flight Evaluation Of A Small Scale Inflatable Winged Aircraft

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Download or read book Ground and Flight Evaluation of a Small-Scale Inflatable-Winged Aircraft written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small-scale, instrumented research aircraft was flown to investigate the flight characteristics of inflatable wings. Ground tests measured the static structural characteristics of the wing at different inflation pressures, and these results compared favorably with analytical predictions. A research-quality instrumentation system was assembled, largely from commercial off-the-shelf components, and installed in the aircraft. Initial flight operations were conducted with a conventional rigid wing having the same dimensions as the inflatable wing. Subsequent flights were conducted with the inflatable wing. Research maneuvers were executed to identify the trim, aerodynamic performance, and longitudinal stability and control characteristics of the vehicle in its different wing configurations. For the angle-of-attack range spanned in this flight program.

Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781721296415
Total Pages : 36 pages
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Download or read book Ground and Flight Evaluation of a Small-Scale Inflatable-Winged Aircraft written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small-scale, instrumented research aircraft was flown to investigate the night characteristics of innersole wings. Ground tests measured the static structural characteristics of the wing at different inflation pressures, and these results compared favorably with analytical predictions. A research-quality instrumentation system was assembled, largely from commercial off-the-shelf components, and installed in the aircraft. Initial flight operations were conducted with a conventional rigid wing having the same dimensions as the inflatable wing. Subsequent flights were conducted with the inflatable wing. Research maneuvers were executed to identify the trim, aerodynamic performance, and longitudinal stability and control characteristics of the vehicle in its different wing configurations. For the angle-of-attack range spanned in this flight program, measured flight data demonstrated that the rigid wing was an effective simulator of the lift-generating capability of the inflatable wing. In-flight inflation of the wing was demonstrated in three flight operations, and measured flight data illustrated the dynamic characteristics during wing inflation and transition to controlled lifting flight. Wing inflation was rapid and the vehicle dynamics during inflation and transition were benign. The resulting angles of attack and of sideslip ere small, and the dynamic response was limited to roll and heave motions. Murray, James E. and Pahle, Joseph W. and Thornton, Stephen V. and Vogus, Shannon and Frackowiak, Tony and Mello, Joe and Norton, Brook and Bauer, Jeff (Technical Monitor) Armstrong Flight Research Center NASA/TM-2002-210721, H-2471, NAS 1.15:210721

Author : Paul A. Baker
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Total Pages : 52 pages
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Download or read book Flight Evaluation of Ground Effect on Several Low-aspect-ratio Airplanes written by Paul A. Baker and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A constant-angle-of-attack-approach technique was used to measure ground effect on several low -aspect-ratio aircraft. The flight results were compared with results from constant -altitude flybys, wind-tunnel studies, and theoretical prediction data. It was found that the constantangle-of-attack technique provided data that were consistent with data obtained from constant-altitude flybys and required fewer runs to obtain the same amount of data. The test results from an F5D-1 airplane modified with an ogee wing, a prototype F5D-1 airplane, two XB-70 airplanes, and an F-104A airplane indicate that theory and wind-tunnel results adequately predict the trends caused by ground effect as a function of height and aspect ratio. However, the magnitude of these predictions did not always agree with the flightmeasured results. In addition, there was consistent evidence that the aircraft encountered ground effect at a height above one wing span.

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Author : Joseph Chambers
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ISBN 13 : 0160846331
Total Pages : 212 pages
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Author : Richard Hallion
Publisher : National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters
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Total Pages : 1064 pages
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Download or read book NASA's Contributions to Aeronautics written by Richard Hallion and published by National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters. This book was released on 2010 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two-volume collection of case studies on aspects of NACA-NASA research by noted engineers, airmen, historians, museum curators, journalists, and independent scholars. Explores various aspects of how NACA-NASA research took aeronautics from the subsonic to the hypersonic era.-publisher description.

Author : Anthony J. Colozza
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Total Pages : 24 pages
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Download or read book Overview of Innovative Aircraft Power and Propulsion Systems and Their Applications for Planetary Exploration written by Anthony J. Colozza and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: