Review of experimental work, model and full scale, carried out or in progress in various NATO countries, to determine ground effects associated with VTOL aircraft operating close to ground; if VTOL aircraft is to operate successfully from unprepared or semi-prepared sites, attention must be paid to problems of surface erosion and of entrainment of dust and debris in recirculating flow; effect of downwash on pressure distribution on aircraft structure; types of VTO L aircraft considered are those using free-propeller or ducted-fan systems or hot-jet lifting engines; jet-flap or deflected slipstream aircraft and helicopters are not included.
Ground proximity and VTOL aircraft
AGARD -- Report
1962
35 pages
Report
English
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Full-scale ground proximity investigation of VTOL fighter model aircraft
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