OPEN OCEAN DEMONSTRATION OF VERTICAL FLOAT SEA-STABILIZATION CONCEPT. PHASE 2 TESTS

Abstract

To take advantage of its superior speed, range, and load carrying ability, a seaplane must be designed to better utilize the ocean surface. The purpose of the work to date has been to investigate the solution of this problem - that is, the attainment of a stable platform at sea. Vertical floats support the weight of the entire vehicle and, through use of damping structures and reduced waterplane areas, minimize pitching, rolling, and heaving motions due to waves. This concept makes possible, for the first time, a method of stabilizing seaplanes at sea and allowing sustained station keeping. The effectiveness of the vertical float concept was demonstrated under Sea State 4 conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0603236

Entities

People

  • D. B. Dewey Jr.

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Auxiliary Power Units
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Instrumentation
  • Motion Sickness
  • Oceans
  • Platforms
  • Salt Water
  • Seaplanes
  • Stabilization Systems
  • Stabilized Platforms
  • Strain Gages
  • Structural Loads
  • Vehicles
  • Water

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Systems Analysis and Design