Flight test of the F/A-18 Active Aeroelastic Wing airplane

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1408-1438

  Clarke, Robert ^a,d   Allen, Michael J ^a,d   Dibley, Ryan P ^a,d   Gera, Joseph ^b,e   Hodgkinson, John ^c,f  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Analytical Services and Material Inc   (United States)

^c Spiral Technology Inc   (United States)

^d Flight Controls and Dynamics Branch   (United States)

^e AS and M   (United States)

^f MS 4830B

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSONIC AERODYNAMICS; WINGS;

F/A-18 ACTIVE AEROELASTIC WING AIRPLANE; NASA; SUPERSONIC FLIGHT REGIMES; WING CONTROL SURFACES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 29344443308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-6316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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