Accession Number:

AD0255525

Title:

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS IN PITCH AND SIDE-SLIP OF 1/15-SCALE MODEL OF THE SCOUT VEHICLE AT A MACH NUMBER OF 2.01

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• ROBINSON,ROSS B.

Report Date:

1961-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

The effects of two sets of cruciform fins, of inline and indexed fin arrangements, a flare, andACCESSORIES SUCH AS ANTENNAS, LAUNCH FITTINGS, AND CONTROL TUNNELS ON THE AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONFIGURATION WERE MEASURED FOR COMBINED ANGLES OF ATTACK AND SIDESLIP TO ABOUT 8 DEGREES. The investigation was made in the Langley 4- by 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel at a Reynolds number of 4 x 10 to the 6th power per foot. Author

Descriptors:

• *TEST VEHICLES
• *ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• PITCH(MATERIAL)
• ROCKET MODELS
• ROLL
• SUPERSONIC FLOW

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE