The Bellanca Skyrocket II, possessor of five world speed records, is a single engine aircraft with high performance that has been attributed to a laminar flow airfoil and an all composite structure. Utilization of composite materials in the Skyrocket II is unique since this selection was made to increase the aerodynamic efficiency of the aircraft. Flight tests are in progress to measure the overall aircraft drag and the wing section drag for comparison with the predicted performance of the Skyrocket. Initial results show the zero lift drag is indeed low, with CDO = 0.016.
Drag Evaluation of the Bellanca Skyrocket II
Sae Technical Papers
National Business Aircraft Meeting and Engineering Display ; 1977
1977-02-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Drag , Flight tests , Aerodynamics , Composite materials , Aircraft , Wings
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