THE MARVEL PROJECT. THE MARVELETTE AIRPLANE BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION

Abstract

A research project currently being undertaken at Mississippi State University is reported in which an aerodynamic research aircraft, the Marvel, is being designed to explore the problem areas inherent in STOL Fixed-wing aircraft. After several years of experimentation with modified off-the-shelf aircraft, it became evident that full evaluation of new STOL design techniques was severely limited by basic configurations of available aircraft and that an aircraft incorporating the latest techniques in its basic configuration should be designed and tested. As an interim step toward refinement of the Marvel design, a test bed aircraft, the Marvelette (XAZ-1), has been designed, built and flown. This report presents the background history of the Marvel and the description of the Marvelette.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0426130

Entities

People

  • Glenn D. Bryant

Organizations

  • Mississippi State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Control
  • Control Systems
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Fuselages
  • Gliders
  • High Lift
  • Instrumentation
  • Military Research
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Propellers
  • Research Aircraft
  • Shrouded Propellers

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Software Engineering