RESULTS OF WIND TUNNEL TESTS OF A FULL-SCALE, WING-MOUNTED, TIP-TURBINE- DRIVEN LIFT FAN

Abstract

The full-scale wing-tip turbine-driven lift fan was model tested in the NASA Ames Research Center 40-foot by 80-foot wind tunnel. This series of tests has provided the first large scale test data with fans installed in wings. Detailed discussions and tabular data are pre sented on the following: wind tunnel model; test instrumentation, and test procedures and results. Analysis of results considers the basic aircraft performance (power off), fan aerodynamic performance, fan thermodynamic per formance, fan powered aircraft performance, fan mechanical performance and hardware inspection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0426785

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Organizations

  • General Electric

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Fuselages
  • Geometry
  • Lepidoptera
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Static Pressure
  • Strain Gages
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Wind Tunnels

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Fluid Dynamics.