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NASA Experiments Onboard the Controlled Impact Demonstration
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On December 1, 1984, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted the first remotely-piloted air-to-ground crash test of a transport category aircraft. The Full-Scale Transport Controlled Impact Demonstration (CID) was the culmination of four years of effort by the two agencies. NASA and the FAA had many objectives during the joint planning and conduct of the Controlled Impact Demonstration. NASA's interest was primarily structural crashworthiness. The FAA's primary interest was the demonstration of an antimisting fuel additive's performance. Demonstration of improved crashworthy design features was a secondary objective for the FAA.
This paper is a report on the NASA experiments conducted during the CID. A portion of the preliminary structural loads data was released to the public at a Government/Industry CID Workshop held April 10, 1985, at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia.
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Hayduk, R., Alfaro-Bou, E., and Fasanella, E., "NASA Experiments Onboard the Controlled Impact Demonstration," SAE Technical Paper 851885, 1985, https://doi.org/10.4271/851885.Also In
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- 3. Eichelberger, C P. Alfaro-Bou, E. Fasanella, E.L. Development of an Energy Absorbing Passenger Seat for a Transport Aircraft Presented at the 19th Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA May 1-3 1985
- 4. Hayduk, R. J. Fasanella, E. L. Alfaro-Bou, E. Full-Scale Transport Controlled Impact Demonstration: Preliminary NASA Structural Data AIAA Paper No. 85-0712 CP presented at the 26 th Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference Orlando, F1 April 15 - 17 1985