RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR AIRBORNE TOWED VEHICLES

Abstract

A phase I instrumentation system was developed to determine the dynamic flight characteristics of MA airborne towed vehicles. Flight tests were performed employing the most recently modified towed vehicle, improved to house the AN/ASQ-46 MAD set. The flight tests established that the ANGULAR ACCELERATIONS, MEASURED BY THE PHASE I instrumentation system, did not require a dynamic response beyond the stabilization capability of the magnetometer servo system. The static pressure variations measured at the aircraft were in close agreement with those recorded at the towed vehicle. This fact indicates that the ability of the towed vehicle to follow the aircraft motion is excellent. An analytical study revealed that at a velocity of 150 knots and a tow cable length of 250 ft the towed vehicle should fly in a stable manner. Further flight testing should determine the degree of co respondence between measured static pressure variations and actual altitude variations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 08, 1963
Accession Number
AD0296131

Entities

People

  • J. R. Lehn

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Cables
  • Dynamic Response
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight
  • Flight Testing
  • Government Procurement
  • Instrumentation
  • Magnetic Anomaly Detectors
  • Sea Level
  • Static Pressure
  • Towed Vehicles
  • Towing Aircraft
  • Vehicles

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics