This report outlines progress in the following areas: (1) The calculated airplane performance comparisons indicate that the advanced technology variable camber wing offers substantial performance improvements at low speed, loiter, cruise, and combat conditions; (2) A flight control system has defined that provides the required level of safety and flying qualities; (3) Flap loads, freeplay and stiffness requirements, Structural element design, Skin sizes and actuator sizes have been developed; and (4) Leading and trailing edge flap design layouts have been prepared.
Variable Camber Wing
1973
8 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Wings , Camber , Aerodynamic configurations , Airspeed , Maneuverability , Flight control systems , Aviation safety , Flaps(Control surfaces) , Aeroelasticity , Handling , Structural properties , Design , Advanced weapons , Jet fighters , Supersonic characteristics , Supercritical wings , F-8 aircraft
NTIS | 1973
NTIS | 1973
Variable wing area and variable camber
Engineering Index Backfile | 1920
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