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Preliminary Flight-Test Results of an Advanced Technology Light Twin-Engine Airplane (ATLIT)
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The present status and flight-test results are presented for the ATLIT airplane. The ATLIT is a Piper PA-34 Seneca I modified by the installation of new wings incorporating the GA(W)-1 (Whitcomb) airfoil, reduced wing area, roll-control spoilers, and full-span Fowler flaps.
Flight-test results on stall and spoiler roll characteristics show good agreement with wind-tunnel data. Maximum power-off lift coefficients are greater than 3.0 with flaps deflected 37°. With flaps down, spoiler deflections can produce roll helix angles in excess of 0.11 rad. Flight testing is planned to document climb and cruise performance, and supercritical propeller performance and noise characteristics. The airplane is scheduled for testing in the NASA-Langley Research Center Full-Scale Tunnel.
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Holmes, B., Kohlman, D., and Crane, H., "Preliminary Flight-Test Results of an Advanced Technology Light Twin-Engine Airplane (ATLIT)," SAE Technical Paper 760497, 1976, https://doi.org/10.4271/760497.Also In
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