The X-29 flight test data are being disseminated to interested industrial and military users as fast as it becomes available. The aircraft is extensively instrumented with accelerometers and pressure sensors and optical sensors for measuring wing deflection. The thoroughness of preflight preparations permitted a rapid advance through initial test checkpoints, which have both confirmed many predictions and revealed several discrepancies. The flight envelope had been expanded to Mach 1.1 and an altitude of 40,000 ft by December 1985. Notably, the X-29 has provided in-flight data which could not be faithfully depicted in a simulator, e.g., flare procedures during landing, and has shown that the stability adjustments, although adequate for controlling the aircraft, are not rapid enough to offer a satisfactory margin of harmony. The tests are now being performed in the transonic regime, where supercritical airfoil and forward swept wing drag reduction become significant factors.


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    Titel :

    X-29 flight - Acid test for design predictions


    Beteiligte:
    Putnam, T. W. (Autor:in) / Petersen, K. L. (Autor:in) / Ishmael, S. D. (Autor:in) / Sefic, W. J. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1986-02-01



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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