This investigation was conducted to determine the radial extent at which aircraft mounted flow vanes or roll rate gyros can sense the circulatory flow field that exists around the lift induced vortex system generated by an aircraft in flight. The probe aircraft was equipped with wingtip sensors for measuring angle of attack and angle of sideslip, and with a fuselage mounted gyroscope for measuring roll rate. Analysis of flight test data indicated that the vortex was detectable at a lateral distance of about 105 feet (best results) using unsophisticated equipment. Measurements were made from the centerline of the probe aircraft to the center of the nearest vortex with the probe aircraft flying between one half and one and one half miles behind the vortex generating aircraft.


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    Title :

    Flight Test to Determine Feasibility of a Proposed Airborne Wake Vortex Detection Concept


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    41 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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