Free-flight-tunnel Investigation of the Low-speed Stability and Control Characteristics of a Canard Airplane Model
Year: 1953
Type: article
Abstract: Since canard configurations have been found to possess unusual static stability characteristics, an investigation has been conducted in the Langley free-flight tunnel to determine the dynamic stability and control characteristics of a model of this type.The characteristics of the model were unsatisfactory in the higher lift-coefficient range because of lightly damped lateral oscillations and because of erratic behavior in pitch and yaw which was apparently caused by random trim changes associated with the irregular fluctuations in the vortex flow from the horizontal tail.. -~~
Author: Joseph L. Johnson
Language: English
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W239281633