Dynamic Scaling of Prototypes Using Radius of Gyration Method: Theory, Laboratory and Flight Tests.

Abstract

The potential introduction of new Post-Stall (PST), air-to-air and air-to-ground maneuvers and tactics via thrust-vectoring control (TVC) may dramatically increase fighter-aircraft performance at low subsonic speeds. TVC is now expected to double or triple maximum nose turning rates, especially under nonconventional, rapid, rigid-body-type-rotations/translations, or during PST-up/down whippings. It is also expected to expand flight envelopes beyond conventional limits, reduce signatures, improve STOL capabilities and enhance safety margins, especially at takeoff and landing and in the prevention or recovery from any spin situation. This interim Progress Report deals with the generation of such data for future USAF PST-TVF-16S.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA318761

Entities

People

  • Benjamin Gai-or

Organizations

  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Engine Noise
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Laptop Computers
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Motion Sickness
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation