500-Pound Controlled Airdrop Cargo System

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to develop and furnish to the Army (USAAVLABS) a flexible-wing delivery system for all-weather airdrop of 500 pounds of cargo with both automatic and command homing capability. These systems are for use in military engineering and service tests. A detailed design analysis and trade-off was accomplished, followed by a full-scale wind-tunnel test program and flight test evaluation effort which resulted in the selection of a twin-keel catenary parawing, airborne control box, and suspension system. This final system was then tested for reliability and landing accuracy. This report presents the results and findings of the work accomplished.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0877587

Entities

People

  • Herbert Q. Bair
  • Robert G. Slayman
  • Thomas W. Rathbun

Organizations

  • Goodyear Aerospace

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Elevation
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Geometry
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Load Distribution
  • Low Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Wind Tunnels

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