Naval Air Test Center is engaged in development of method for measuring in-flight net thrust for turbojet airplanes; most satisfactory methods stuied were Gas Generator method and Traversing Rake method; latter system is composed of hydraulic rotary actuator, torque shaft assembly that is coaxial with actuator, and rake which measures total and static pressures, and temperature; automatic data processing system involves data acquisition via airborne analog magnetic tape, analog to digital conversion, computer processing on IBM 7030-Stretch System, high speed printing and cathode ray tube plotting; concept was evaluated using North American Vigilante airpalen; system provided exceptional accuracy of thrust measurement.
Method of net thrust measurement in supersonic flight
AGARDograph
1965
28 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Full Flight Envelope Direct Thrust Measurement on a Supersonic Aircraft
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