This report presents the results of Project HAVE STAV, a limited evaluation of the handling qualities for a Supersonic Tailless Air Vehicle (STAV). This test program used the Calspan-operated Total In-Flight Simulator to test the powered approach handling qualities of a Northrop Grumman STAV model. The test team developed an optimized control system prior to flight testing. The handling qualities were determined using the STAV model coupled with either the baseline or optimized control system. The USAF Test Pilot School, Class 07A, conducted six flight test sorties totaling ten hours at Niagara Falls International Airport, New York, from 10 to 13 Sep 2007. Flight testing included a series of precision and lateral offset landing tasks, which were accomplished at different crosswind conditions. All test objectives were met.
Limited Evaluation of Handling Qualities for a Supersonic Tailless Air Vehicle (Project HAVE STAV)
2007
80 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Test and evaluation , Flight simulators , Tailless aircraft , Supersonic test vehicles , Aerospace craft , Multimode , Approach , Handling , Flight testing , Rotation , Landing , Long range(Distance) , Quality , Amplitude , Instantaneous center of rotation , Lamars(Large amplitude multimode aerospace simulator) , Long-range strike aircraft , Stav(Supersonic tailless air vehicle) , Tifs(Total in-flight simulator) , Vss(Variable stability systems)
DESIGN FORUM - Pitch Handling Qualities Investigation of the Tailless Gull-Wing Configuration
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