The Transonic Aircraft Technology (TACT) research program provided data necessary to verify aerodynamic concepts, such as the supercritical wing, and to gain the confidence required for the application of such technology to advanced high performance aircraft. An F-111A aircraft was employed as the flight test bed to provide full scale data. The data were correlated extensively with predictions based on data obtained from wind tunnel tests. An assessment of the improvement afforded at transonic speeds in drag divergence, maneuvering performance, and airplane handling qualities by the use of the supercritical wing was included in the program. Transonic flight and wind tunnel testing techniques were investigated, and specific research technologies evaluated were also summarized.


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    Title :

    Design and Physical Characteristics of the Transonic Aircraft Technology (TACT) Research Aircraft


    Contributors:
    W. D. Painter (author) / L. J. Caw (author)

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    32 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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