Air Cushion Landing System Performance on a Tenth-Scale Model Jindivik RPV

Abstract

Tests were conducted on an air cushion landing system ACLS installed on a tenth-scale model Jindivik RPV. The model has the correct Froude-scaled values of weight, center of gravity cg and moment of inertia about all three axes. The results of these tests were compared to the results of similar tests conducted on the ACLS of a full-scale model Jindivik. Static tests on the tenth- scale ACLS determined the heave stiffness to be 11 lb per in., the pitch stiffness to be .155 lb ft per deg (for a nose down moment) and the roll stiffness to be .0048 lb ft per deg. These values were within 60% of the full- scale values. Drop tests showed the maximum load at the cg of the model to vary between 2.2 g's at the scaled nominal landing rate of descent, to 5.4 g's at the maximum landing rate of descent.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0774389

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  • Philip M. Parker Jr

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Space

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  • Accelerometers
  • Air Force
  • Air Supplies
  • Aircrafts
  • Cameras
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Error Analysis
  • Flow Rate
  • Ground Effect
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Pull Tests
  • Scale Models
  • Static Tests
  • Vehicle Equipment
  • Vehicles

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