This report summarizes several design and analysis studies surrounding the flight test of a 7% geometric scale of a notional high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) variant that targeted the AFRL SensorCraft mission. Established procedures were modified to accommodate low-cost testing with giant- scale radio-controlled technology as an approach to reduce high risk associated with new technologies, such as the joined-wing concept. The flight test vehicle reported here was rigid. The second successful flight ended in deep stall due to under-powered design. Minimal data was extracted from the flight test. Significant experience was gained. This report motivates and describes the next step toward low-cost aeroelastic scaling of joined-wing concepts where geometric non-linear structures is a key component.


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    Title :

    Joined-Wing Flight Experiment


    Contributors:
    M. Blair (author) / J. Robinson (author) / W. A. McClelland (author) / J. C. Bowman (author)

    Publication date :

    2008


    Size :

    213 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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