Accession Number:

AD0255526

Title:

TRANSONIC WIND-TUNNEL INVESTIGATION OF THE STATIC LONGITUDINAL AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SEVERAL CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SCOUT VEHICLE AND OF A NUMBER OF RELATED MODELS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• KELLY,THOMAS C.

Report Date:

1961-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Tests were conducted in the Langley 8-foot transonic pressure tunnel at Mach numbers from 0.40 to 1.20 and Reynolds numbers per foot of approximately 3.8 x 10 to the 6th power to determine the static longitudinal aerodynamic characteristics of a 115-scale model of the Scout vehicle and of several related configurations. Results are presented which show, for various models, the effects of fin planform, protuberances, an afterbody flare, and a variation in second-stage transition-flare angle. Author

Descriptors:

• *TEST VEHICLES
• *ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• DRAG
• PITCH(MATERIAL)
• ROCKET MODELS
• ROCKETS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE