Wind Tunnel Test Results on a Flight Path Accelerometer at Subsonic and Supersonic Speeds

Abstract

A test program was conducted to obtain the damping characteristics of the vanes and to provide a flow calibration of a newly developed flight path accelerometer (FPA). After earlier calibration results identified an interference problem from the sideslip vane strut on the angle-of-attack vanes, the sideslip vane was moved rearward, necessitating additional calibration tests. Results are reported.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0742994

Entities

People

  • James C. Uselton

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Air Force
  • Calibration
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Instrumentation
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Sideslip
  • Supersonic Wind Tunnels
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers