CORRELATION OF WIND-TUNNEL AND FLIGHT-TEST AERODYNAMIC DATA FOR FIVE V/STOL AIRCRAFT

Abstract

The five aircraft tested represent a wide variety of V/STOL concepts. Correlation between the wind-tunnel and flight-test aerodynamic results is generally good when wind-tunnel wall corrections are omitted; in some cases wall corrections are shown to degrade the correlation. The aircraft and wind-tunnel geometry are related to model-tunnel sizing parameters and a VTOL lift parameter, in order to establish tentative sizing criteria for V/STOL wind- tunnel testing with small wall effects. The report is one of the series 515-522 of papers presented at the 27th meeting of the AGARD Flight Mechanics Panel, held 11-12 October 1965 in Rome, Italy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0652172

Entities

People

  • David H. Hickey
  • Woodrow L. Cook

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Flight Speeds
  • Helicopter Rotors
  • Helicopters
  • High Lift Devices
  • Horizontal Stabilizers
  • Level Flight
  • Lift Fans
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Tilt Wing Aircraft
  • Tilt Wings
  • Turboshaft Engines
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aerospace Engineering