Accession Number:

AD0652172

Title:

CORRELATION OF WIND-TUNNEL AND FLIGHT-TEST AERODYNAMIC DATA FOR FIVE V/STOL AIRCRAFT

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)

Personal Author(s):

• Hickey, David H.
• Cook, Woodrow L.

Report Date:

1965-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

35.0

Abstract:

The five aircraft tested represent a wide variety of VSTOL concepts. Correlation between the wind-tunnel and flight-test aerodynamic results is generally good when wind-tunnel wall corrections are omitted in some cases wall corrections are shown to degrade the correlation. The aircraft and wind-tunnel geometry are related to model-tunnel sizing parameters and a VTOL lift parameter, in order to establish tentative sizing criteria for VSTOL wind- tunnel testing with small wall effects. The report is one of the series 515-522 of papers presented at the 27th meeting of the AGARD Flight Mechanics Panel, held 11-12 October 1965 in Rome, Italy.

Descriptors:

• *AERODYNAMICS
• *AIRCRAFT
• *WIND TUNNELS
• CORRELATION TECHNIQUES
• GEOMETRY
• SYMPOSIA
• TABLES(DATA)
• TEST FACILITIES
• WALLS

Subject Categories:

• Aircraft
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE