HOVERING AND TRANSITION FLIGHT TESTS OF A 1/5-SCALE MODEL OF A JET-POWERED VERTICAL-ATTITUDE VTOL RESEARCH AIRPLANE

Abstract

This vertical-attitude airplane, which is powered by a single turbojet engine, has a triangular wing mounted high on the fuselage with a triangular tail on top of the wing and has no horizontal tail. The airplane has conventional elevon and rudder controls for use in normal flight and has jet-reaction controls for use in hovering and at low airspeeds. The investigation included stability and control flight tests of the basic model configuration and also included a study of the effects of engine gyroscopic moments on stability and control. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0255710

Entities

People

  • Charles C. Jr. Smith

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Delta Wings
  • Engines
  • Flight
  • Horizontal Stabilizers
  • Hovering
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Models
  • Research Aircraft
  • Scale Models
  • Transition Flight
  • Turbojet Engines

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aerospace Engineering