A wind tunnel test of an 0.030-scale space shuttle vehicle orbiter configuration 140A/B model was conducted in the Ames Research Center 9- by 7-foot supersonic wind tunnel. This part of test series OA53 was conducted at Mach numbers of 1.60 and 2.00 and at Reynolds numbers ranging from 1.0 million per foot to 4.0 million per foot. The objective was to establish and verify longitudinal and lateral-directional aerodynamic performance, stability, and control characteristics for the configuration 140A/B SSV orbiter. Reynolds number studies were performed on certain nominal control-setting configurations, and examinations were made of the incremental effects of an alternate wing leading-edge configuration and of a sealed elevon-split construction. Six-component force and moment data, base and cavity pressures, bodyflap, elevon, speedbrake, and rudder hinge moments, and vertical tail forces and moments were measured for the orbiter. (Author)


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    Title :

    Investigations on an 0.030-Scale Space Shuttle Vehicle Configuration 140A/B Orbiter Model in the Ames Research Center 9 by 7-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel (Oa53b)


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    Publication date :

    1974


    Size :

    743 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English