Stability and Control of Mini-Remote Piloted Research Vehicles.

Abstract

Methods for the determination of the stability derivatives of small (less than 200 pounds) remotely piloted research vehicles (mini-RPRVs) were developed and tested. A 33 pound canard configured mini-RPRV with twin pusher engines was designed, built, and test flown. A computer program was developed based on static stability and control theory. This program is sufficient to calculate the static stability and control derivatives of mini-RPRVs. Wind tunnel tests were performed on the twin engine RPRV to determine the non-linear pitching moment curves. A vortex latice computer program (FLEXSTAB) developed by the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company was used to determine the static and dynamic stability derivatives. This program was also used to determine the dynamic modes of the aircraft.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA023357

Entities

People

  • Charles A. Bair Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Theory
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Vehicles
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computer Science.