Attached inflatable decelerators (AID) were tested in an environmental chamber, a spin tunnel, and a wind tunnel. Deployment tests were conducted in environmental chamber to examine guided and unguided water alcohol vapor inflation. Subsonic performance tests were conducted in the spin tunnel. The full-scale wind tunnel was used for AID gust and supersonic performance tests. The supersonic tests were conducted at Mach number 3.0 with 12 ounces of fluid and Mach number 2.2 with six ounces of fluid.


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    Title :

    Summary of Attached Inflatable Decelerator (AID) Development


    Publication date :

    1968-04-08


    Type of media :

    Audio-visual


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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