Design and calibration of the X-33 Flush Airdata Sensing (FADS) system

NASA Technical Memorandum

Volumn , Issue 206540, 1998, Pages 1-20

  Whitmore, Stephen A ^a,b   Cobleigh, Brent R ^a,b   Haering Jr , Edward A ^a,b  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Aerodynamics Branch   (United States)

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EID: 12944254398     PISSN: 04999320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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