GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCETON DYNAMIC MODEL TRACK

Abstract

The Princeton Dynamic Model Track is a facility which consists of a servocontrolled hydraulically powered model carriage mounted on a monorail track. The track is housed inside a 30-by-30-foot building 750 feet long. The carriage contains a model mount designed to allow the carriage to follow the powered model without imposing restraints on the model motions being studied. From one to five degrees of freedom motions can be examined, both longitudinal and lateral-directional, in or out of ground effect. The Dynamic Model Track can provide static and dynamic derivative data (e.g., velocity and rate- dependent aerodynamic stability and control derivatives) on V/STOL aircraft models or components in and near hover, slow speed flight, and during transition. In addition, it can provide an experimental simulation of the expected full-scale vehicle control-fixed dynamic motions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0645883

Entities

People

  • H. C. Curtiss
  • J. J. Traybar
  • W. F. Putman

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Army Aviation
  • Contracts
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Governments
  • Ground Effect
  • Helicopters
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • New Jersey
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Tilt Wings
  • United States
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.