Surface Effect Take-Off and Landing System (SETOLS) Subsonic Static Stability Out of Ground Effect

Abstract

The effect of a deployed air cushion landing gear on the stability of a high performance aircraft was studied at the Naval Ship Research and Development Center's 8 x 10 foot subsonic wind tunnel. Air cushion designs submitted by Bell Aerospace Corporation and Boeing were fitted to a ten percent scale A-4E and air cushions designed by Goodyear (two configurations), San Diego Aircraft Engineering Incorporated (SANDAIRE), and Bell were fitted to a ten percent scale F-8C. The effects of the air cushion landing gear ranged from minor destabilization, to very detrimental destabilization on both aircraft in the landing approach configuration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0763365

Entities

People

  • David W Taylor
  • H. D. Davidson Jr.
  • Lawrence A. Frank

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Data Analysis
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Engineering
  • Fuselages
  • Ground Effect
  • Horizontal Stabilizers
  • Landing Gear
  • Leading Edges
  • Subsonic Wind Tunnels
  • Surfaces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers