DYNAMIC STABILITY TESTS ON A 1/5-SCALE MODEL OF THE BIG Q AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE AT MACH NUMBERS FROM 1.5 TO 4

Abstract

Tests were conducted in the 40-in. supersonic tunnel to determine the dynamic stability characteristics of a 1/5-scale model of the Big Q air-to-air missile. Data were obtained at Mach numbers from 1.49 to 3.99 at the model trim angle of attack and at plus and minus 1 to 2 deg from trim at a near constant Reynolds number of 8,000,000, based on model length. The effects of Mach number and canard angle on the damping-in-pitch derivatives and effective slope of the pitching-moment curve at the trim angle of attack are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0474861

Entities

People

  • G. E. Burt

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Engineering
  • Free Stream
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Governments
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Pressure Regulators
  • Reynolds Number
  • Scale Models
  • Trim Angle
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow