This paper represents the results of a program in which a flight test vehicle was flown for a limited number of flights. The vehicle was the Space Shuttle Orbiter. The total free flight time for the entire flight test program was less than half an hour. The flight regime tested represented only the approach and landing phase of the vehicle's planned flight capability. The program relied heavily on an extensive wind tunnel test program to predict the aerodynamic performance data over the complete flight range, as well as to predict data tolerances. During the flight test program, short maneuvers performed were to provide flight motion data. A data extraction program was developed to produce flight derived aerodynamic performance data in coefficient form from the motion data. The resultant flight test data was correlated with the predicted data and fell within the predicted data tolerances for all phases of the subsonic flight test regime, including ground effects.


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    Titel :

    The Space Shuttle Orbiter approach and landing tests - A correlation of flight and predicted performance data


    Beteiligte:
    Romere, P. O. (Autor:in) / Eichblatt, D. L. (Autor:in) / Underwood, J. M. (Autor:in) / Howes, D. B. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Aerodynamic Testing Conference ; 1978 ; San Diego, CA


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1978-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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