Propulsion-Airframe Integration Flight Test Instrumentation
Presentation discusses existing instrumentation and potential investment areas for propulsion-airframe integration (PAI) flight test instrumentation.
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Engineering topics
Cumming, Stephen
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Armstrong Research Flight Center Flight Mechanics Capabilities
This presentation gives a general overview of what Armstrong is capable of doing in the field of flight mechanics, to generate interest in this area.
modeling and simulation↗
SOFIA Closed- and Open-Door Aerodynamic Analyses
Work to evaluate the aerodynamic characteristics and the cavity acoustic environment of the SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) airplane has been completed. The airplane has been evaluated in its closed-door configuration, as well as several open-door configurations. Work performed included: acoustic analysis tool development, cavity acoustic evaluation, stability and control parameter estimation, air data calibration, and external flow evaluation. Qualitative airflow data were obtained during the closed- and open-door flights using tufts on the aft portion of the fuselage. Video was taken from a chase plane. This video was analyzed for various flight conditions, and general flow descriptions of the aft fuselage of the 747SP were developed for the different closed and open door configurations.
Cumming, Stephen↗
Aerodynamics and Autonomous Soaring
This viewgraph presentation reviews NASA's basics of flight, controlling flight, and flight systems.
Cumming, Stephen↗