A-10 Carriage Loads Test

Abstract

A wind tunnel test was conducted with a 0.05-scale model of the A-10 aircraft to obtain carriage loads data for various external store configurations. The external stores consisted of 14 different bombs and pods, four different loading racks, and three 600-gal ferrying tanks mounted in various combinations on all 11 pylons. The loads imposed by the stores on the pylons were measured on six of the 11 pylons with strain-gage balances mounted inside the pylons. Mach number was varied from 0.3 to 0.75 and aircraft sideslip angle was varied from -18 to 18 deg at constant angles of attack of 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 deg.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 05, 1978
Accession Number
ADA073442

Entities

People

  • T. O. Shadow

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Carriages
  • Data Reduction
  • External Stores
  • Free Stream
  • Instrumentation
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Reynolds Number
  • Scale Models
  • Sideslip
  • Strain Gages
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.