Flight tests of a leading-edge area suction on a fighter-type airplane with a 35 degree sweptback wing /
Richard S. Bray and Robert C. Innis.

Description

Main Author

Bray, Richard S.

Related Names

Innis, Robert C., joint author.
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Ames Research Center.

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington, D.C. : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, [1955].

Subjects

Charts, diagrams, etc.
Wind tunnel testing.
Airplanes > Airplanes / Flight testing.
Boundary layer control.
Leading edges (Aerodynamics)
Airplanes > Airplanes / Wings, Swept-back.
Airplanes > Airplanes / Wings.
Sabre (Jet fighter plane)
Aeronautics > Aeronautics / Research.

Summary

Tests have been made to determine the flight characteristics of an F-86F airplane equipped with a leading-edge area-suction boundary-layer-control system, and to investigate the possible operational limitations imposed on a fighter-type airplane by such an installation. The results of the flight tests are compared with those of full-scale wind-tunnel tests of a similar installation on a model incorporating F-86 wing panels. The basic porous-area distribution tested extended the full length of the wing leading edge. Suction power was provided by a modified turbosupercharger which was driven by air bled from the compressor of the airplane's jet engine.

Note

NACA Research Memorandum A55C07.
On front cover: "June 9, 1955."
Title from cover.

Physical Description

30 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

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