An investigation has been made in a low-turbulence pressure tunnel to determine the low-subsonic aerodynamic characteristics of a 0.01875-scale model of a potential shuttle orbiter. The design has the rocket engines mounted in fairings on either side of the body on top of the wing. The wing had a leading-edge sweep of 50 and a trailing-edge sweep of minus 4. configurations investigated included engine-mounted twin dorsal tails at various rollout angles, a body-mounted center-line vertical tail, cylindrical and boattailed afterbody, and elevon and rudder at several deflections. (Author)


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    Title :

    Low-Subsonic Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Shuttle-Orbiter Configuration Designed for Reduced Length


    Contributors:
    G. M. Ware (author) / B. Spencer (author)

    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    40 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English