A New Device to Facilitate Moving F-15 Aircraft In and Out of Aircraft Shelters.
Abstract
The new F-15A fighters barely fit through the entrance of a standard aircraft shelter, the most critical dimension being the vertical clearance over the F-15's tall vertical stabilizers. In this report we suggest that the passage of F-15's through the most constricted part of the entrance to a standard shelter could be considerably eased by locating a low hump-shaped riser approximately 36 feet long and 1 foot high just outside the entranceway. This riser would lift the nosewheel slightly above grade level as the aircraft rolled over it, and thereby lower the tail enough to provide adequate vertical clearance between the F-15's vertical stabilizers and the doorway to the shelter.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA018854
Entities
People
- R. L. Helmbold