A New Experimental Flight Research Technique: The Remotely Piloted Airplane. Conference Paper AGARD-CP-187, Research Engineering, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Layton, Garrison P. (1976) A New Experimental Flight Research Technique: The Remotely Piloted Airplane. Conference Paper AGARD-CP-187, Research Engineering, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.
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Abstract
The NASA Flight Research Center undertook a remotely piloted research vehicle (RPRV) program with a 3/8-scale model of an F-15 airplane to determine the usefulness of the RPRV testing technique in high risk flight testing, including spin testing. This paper summarizes the results of the program to date. The program showed that the RPRV technique, including the use of a digital control system, is a practical method for obtaining flight research data. The spin, stability, and control data obtained with the 3/8-scale model also showed that predictions based on wind-tunnel tests were generally reasonable.
| EPrint Type: | Other |
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| Keywords: | F-15 airplane, Remotely piloted research vehicle (RPRV) |
| Subjects: | Aircraft/Project: RPRV Aircraft/Project: F-15 |
| ID Code: | 1650 |
| Deposited On: | 26 June 2007 |
| Additional Information: | 7 pages. In AGARD Conference Proceedings No. 187 on Flight/Ground Testing Facilities Correlation, AGARD-CP-187. AGARD 46th Meeting of the Flight Mechanics Panel, Valloire, France, June 9–13, 1975. |
