Simulated-Airline-Service Flight Tests of Laminar-Flow Control with Perforated-Surface Suction System

Simulated-Airline-Service Flight Tests of Laminar-Flow Control with Perforated-Surface Suction System
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2018-10-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781729262733

The effectiveness and practicality of candidate leading edge systems for suction laminar flow control transport airplanes were investigated in a flight test program utilizing a modified JetStar airplane. The leading edge region imposes the most severe conditions on systems required for any type of laminar flow control. Tests of the leading edge systems, therefore, provided definitive results as to the feasibility of active laminar flow control on airplanes. The test airplane was operated under commercial transport operating procedures from various commercial airports and at various seasons of the year. Maddalon, Dal V. and Braslow, Albert L. Langley Research Center RTOP 505-60-41-01