This report summarizes several design and analysis studies surrounding the flight test of a 7% geometric scale of a notional high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) variant that targeted the AFRL SensorCraft mission. Established procedures were modified to accommodate low-cost testing with giant- scale radio-controlled technology as an approach to reduce high risk associated with new technologies, such as the joined-wing concept. The flight test vehicle reported here was rigid. The second successful flight ended in deep stall due to under-powered design. Minimal data was extracted from the flight test. Significant experience was gained. This report motivates and describes the next step toward low-cost aeroelastic scaling of joined-wing concepts where geometric non-linear structures is a key component.


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    Titel :

    Joined-Wing Flight Experiment


    Beteiligte:
    M. Blair (Autor:in) / J. Robinson (Autor:in) / W. A. McClelland (Autor:in) / J. C. Bowman (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2008


    Format / Umfang :

    213 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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