SUPERSONIC STABILITY AND CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS OF LOW-ASPECT-RATIO PLANAR CONFIGURATIONS DESIGNED FOR LARGE MANEUVERS.
Abstract
A study was made of the possibility of attaining good high-altitude maneuverability in a supersonic volume-limited missile. The approach was to design a planar configuration with minimum angle-of-attack restrictions imposed by pitch-roll-yaw coupling. A 'twist and steer' type of control was assumed. In the Mach number range 2.5 to 3.5, three types of planar configurations were studied, characterized by their lifting surfaces as being dorsal-finned configurations, delta-winged configurations, and dart-winged configurations. The dart-winged configuration was designed as an optimum solution to the problem within the flight regime hypothesized and does give good stability and control characteristics within this regime. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0822574
Entities
People
- Humes H. Hart
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University