Flight Evaluation of Ground Effect on Several Low-aspect-ratio Airplanes

Flight Evaluation of Ground Effect on Several Low-aspect-ratio Airplanes
Author: Paul A. Baker
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Total Pages: 52
Release: 1970
Genre: Aerodynamics
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A constant-angle-of-attack-approach technique was used to measure ground effect on several low -aspect-ratio aircraft. The flight results were compared with results from constant -altitude flybys, wind-tunnel studies, and theoretical prediction data. It was found that the constantangle-of-attack technique provided data that were consistent with data obtained from constant-altitude flybys and required fewer runs to obtain the same amount of data. The test results from an F5D-1 airplane modified with an ogee wing, a prototype F5D-1 airplane, two XB-70 airplanes, and an F-104A airplane indicate that theory and wind-tunnel results adequately predict the trends caused by ground effect as a function of height and aspect ratio. However, the magnitude of these predictions did not always agree with the flightmeasured results. In addition, there was consistent evidence that the aircraft encountered ground effect at a height above one wing span.

A Piloted Simulator Investigation of Ground Effect on the Landing Maneuver of a Large, Tailless, Delta-wing Airplane

A Piloted Simulator Investigation of Ground Effect on the Landing Maneuver of a Large, Tailless, Delta-wing Airplane
Author: C. Thomas Snyder
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1970
Genre: Airplanes
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The influence of ground effect on the landing flare characteristics of a supersonic transport airplane (SST) was investigated in a fixed cockpit simulator. Simulations of an ogee-modified delta-wing F5D-1 airplane and a subsonic jet transport were used for evaluating the simulator and as a reference configurations during landing comparisons. Dynamic responses of the SST to seven different ground-effect models during controls-fixed and constant-attitude descents are also presented, followed by piloted subjective assessments. A summary of ground effects on delta-like wings is included in the appendixes.

Dynamic Ground Effects Flight Test of an F-15 Aircraft

Dynamic Ground Effects Flight Test of an F-15 Aircraft
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2018-07-02
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ISBN: 9781722185442

Flight tests to determine the changes in the aerodynamic characteristics of an F-15 aircraft caused by dynamic ground effects are described. Data were obtained for low and high sink rates between 0.7 and 6.5 ft/sec and at two landing approach speeds and flap settings: 150 kn with the flaps down and 170 kn with the flaps up. Simple correlation curves are given for the change in aerodynamic coefficients because of ground effects as a function of sink rate. Ground effects generally caused an increase in the lift, drag, and nose-down pitching movement coefficients. The change in the lift coefficient increased from approximately 0.05 at the high-sink rate to approximately 0.10 at the low-sink rate. The change in the drag coefficient increased from approximately 0 to 0.03 over this decreasing sink rate range. No significant difference because of the approach configuration was evident for lift and drag; however, a significant difference in pitching movement was observed for the two approach speeds and flap settings. For the 170 kn with the flaps up configuration, the change in the nose-down pitching movement increased from approximately -0.008 to -0.016. For the 150 kn with the flaps down configuration, the change was approximately -0.008 to -0.038. Corda, Stephen and Stephenson, Mark T. and Burcham, Frank W. and Curry, Robert E. Armstrong Flight Research Center RTOP 533-02-31...