Supersonic aircraft have additional supersonic drag associated with trimming out unbalanced moments; many approaches toward minimizing trim drag are possible; paper compares trim drag of tail aircraft, tailless, canards, and variable geometry configurations; procedure for evaluating trim drag for any configuration is included. (See also SAE -- Paper 423D for meeting Oct 9-13 1961 3 p)
Supersonic trim drag
SAE -- J
1961
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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