Optimum Ejector Characteristics.
Abstract
Both the Navy and the Air Force are actively pursuing programs to standardize the aircraft-weapon interface. These programs include the development of general-purpose bomb racks that can be used on a wide variety of aircraft. Achieving successful aircraft-store separation from such a general-purpose rack requires the ejection forces to accommodate a wide variety of stores, aircraft, aircraft pylons, and aircraft flight conditions. Obviously, this is an extremely difficult task, especially with current bomb racks whose ejection forces change when aerodynamic loads are applied to the store. New bomb rack concepts have been ground-tested which demonstrate the ability to provide ejection forces that are relatively independent of the store aerodynamic loads. A computer study was conducted to identify the end-of-stroke ejection requirements for a general-purpose bomb rack with this independent capability. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA116847
Entities
People
- J. W. Holtrop
- R. E. Smith
Organizations
- Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake