Wind tunnel tests were conducted to measure the pitch-, yaw-, and roll-damping characteristics of a modified 089B shuttle orbiter. These tests were conducted for NASA-Langley at the von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility of the Arnold Engineering Development Center. Data were obtained utilizing the small amplitude forced-oscillation technique at angles of attack of -4.9 to 26.5 deg at Reynolds numbers, based on model length, of 1,180,000 to 4,820,000. The orbiter was dynamically stable in pitch, yaw, and roll, and the pitch derivatives were dependent on Reynolds number, while the roll derivatives were independent of Reynolds number.


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    Title :

    Experimental pitch-, yaw-, and roll-damping characteristics of a shuttle orbiter at Mach number 8


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    Conference:

    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aircraft Systems and Technology Meeting ; 1975 ; Los Angeles, CA


    Publication date :

    1975-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English