Accession Number:
ADA022257
Title:
Influences of Sting Support on Aerodynamic Loads Acting on Captive Store Models
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Apr 1973-Jun 1975
Corporate Author:
ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CENTER ARNOLD AFB TN
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Report Date:
1976-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
330.0
Abstract:
In a series of wind tunnel tests, measurements were made of the aerodynamic loads acting on eight different store configurations mounted in the external captive position on a one-twentieth-scale model of the F-4C aircraft. Store models included blunt and contoured afterbody shapes, stable and unstable designs, and large one per pylon and small rack-mounted configurations. The tests were conducted in an effort to evaluate sting effects on captive store loads. Sting effects were considered to consist of two contributions the effect of altering the afterbody of a store to allow insertion of a sting, and the effect of the presence of the sting. Altering the afterbody of an unstable store influenced captive loads less than altering a stable configuration. It was also determined that the presence of a sting affected most the pitching and yawing moments.
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Subject Categories:
- Aerodynamics