Powered-lift STOL aircraft exhibit special aerodynamic characteristics that necessitate changes in established procedures of flight testing. Methods used in ground-effect flight testing of STOL-configured aircraft are described, with special emphasis on results obtained from tests of the YC-15 AMST prototype aircraft. Ground effect on lift and on drag is theoretically analyzed in terms of trailing vortices, bound vortex, and flight-path angle. Airspeed static source position errors are induced by ground constraint and must be considered in the data reduction. Flight-test results show a positive lift increment due to ground proximity.
Flight-test measurements of ground effect - STOL airplanes
Annual Symposium ; 1977 ; Washington, DC
1977-01-01
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