RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL CORRELATION OF MODEL AND FULL SCALE HELICOPTER AND VTOL LONGITUDINAL DYNAMICS

Abstract

Results of experiments to evaluate the degree to which dynamically similar models tested in the Princeton University Forward Flight Facility simulate the dynamics of full scale aircraft are presented. Two models were utilized, a single rotor helicopter and a tilt-wing VTOL aircraft. Excellent agreement between the response of the models and the full scale aircraft was obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0263836

Entities

People

  • Howard C. Curtiss Jr.
  • William F. Putman

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Analog Computers
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight Speeds
  • Helicopters
  • Military Research
  • Model Tests
  • New York
  • Scale Models
  • Tilt Wings
  • Transportation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation