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Handling qualities prediction of an f-16xl-based reduced sonic boom aircraft
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Cogan, Bruce Yoo, Seung |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | A major goal of the Supersonics Project under NASA s Fundamental Aeronautics program is sonic boom reduction of supersonic aircraft. An important part of this effort is development and validation of sonic boom prediction tools used in aircraft design. NASA Dryden s F- 16XL was selected as a potential testbed aircraft to provide flight validation. Part of this task was predicting the handling qualities of the modified aircraft. Due to the high cost of modifying the existing F-16XL control laws, it was desirable to find modifications that reduced the aircraft sonic boom but did not degrade baseline aircraft handling qualities allowing for the potential of flight test without changing the current control laws. This was not a requirement for the initial modification design work, but an important consideration for proceeding to the flight test option. The primary objective of this work was to determine an aerodynamic and mass properties envelope of the F-16XL aircraft. The designers could use this envelope to determine the effect of proposed modifications on aircraft handling qualities. |
| File Size | 33352 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100036540 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6rz47x2d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aerodynamics Flight Characteristics Supersonic Aircraft Noise Reduction Performance Prediction Aircraft Performance Controllability Sonic Booms Aerodynamic Characteristics Aircraft Control Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
