An orbital platform rotary balance system for the IAR water tunnel

Author

Cai, H.J. ; Beyers, M.E. ; O´Hagan, S.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Aerosp. Res., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1997

fDate

29 Sep-2 Oct 1997

Firstpage

236

Lastpage

245

Abstract

A rotary balance apparatus based on the orbital platform concept has been developed for use in the IAR Water Tunnel. The new testing capability was introduced to generate a supplementary rotary data base for the F/A-18 aircraft required in a simulator fidelity enhancement study. The F/A-18 model was tested in steady coning motion at angles of attack from 0 deg to 90 deg and non-dimensional rotation rates from 0 to ±0.3. The paper focuses on the new rotary balance testing methodology. Samples of the results are presented to illustrate the uniqueness of the new rotary data base. Agreement with existing wind tunnel data is generally good. Support interference effects in the conventional rotary apparatus were found to be small for this aircraft configuration

Keywords

aerospace simulation; aerospace test facilities; aircraft testing; dynamic testing; military aircraft; F/A-18 aircraft; IAR water tunnel; nondimensional rotation rates; orbital platform rotary balance system; simulator fidelity enhancement; steady coning motion; supplementary rotary data base; support interference effects; testing capability; Aerodynamics; Aerospace simulation; Aerospace testing; Aircraft; Circuit testing; Councils; Data visualization; Interference; Predictive models; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation in Aerospace Simulation Facilities, 1997. ICIASF '97 Record., International Congress on

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4167-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIASF.1997.644686

Filename

644686