Free Flight Research at Lockheed-Georgia

810567

02/01/1981

Event
Business Aircraft Meeting and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
For several years a jet-powered Caproni A21 sailplane has been used, in conjunction with several remotely controlled research vehicles, for research into advanced technologies. These vehicles have been used to explore such areas as laminar flow control, spanwise blowing, parameter identification methods, fiber optics, airframe noise and command augmentation techniques. The manned Caproni A21J, operated at Mississippi State University, is fully instrumented and is capable of recording up to 32 channels of data. The 0.3-scale, RCRV version of the Caproni is operated at Lockheed-Georgia in conjunction with other RCRV's. This vehicle, which telemeters up to 24 channels of data, is flown by one operator.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/810567
Pages
26
Citation
Jenkins, M., "Free Flight Research at Lockheed-Georgia," SAE Technical Paper 810567, 1981, https://doi.org/10.4271/810567.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1981
Product Code
810567
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English