Flight Characteristic Verification of the Variable Camber Compliant Wing

Abstract

Morphing wing technology gives aircraft the ability to change wing shape to control the aircraft and flight performance characteristics. AFIT, AFRL and USU Aero Lab have collaborated to design and test a variable camber compliant wing (VCCW) on an small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Flight tests demonstrated the wing performance and provided data to refine a VCCW flight simulator. Work was completed with the USU AeroLab-generated MachUp and the actual flight data to improve the simulator to provide results close to those of the actual flight test. The research provides a tool to reduce time and cost for future flight testing for VCCW development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 26, 2020
Accession Number
AD1094722

Entities

People

  • Sharee B. Acosta

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Geometry
  • Governments
  • Measurement
  • Simulators
  • Spars
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Verification Tests

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy