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...

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
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Total Pages: 610
Release: 1995
Genre: Aeronautics
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