XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft - Program reportThis paper is a status report of the NASA/Army XV-15 Project. The basic tilt-rotor concept and the XV-15 Tilt-Rotor Research Aircraft are discussed and some results of full-scale wind-tunnel tests in the Ames 40- by 80-Foot Wind Tunnel are presented. Flight-test data are included to give preliminary performance, noise, and vibration data in hover and as far into transition flight as are available at the time of presentation. Information concerning vehicle aerodynamics and airloads obtained as a result of both wind-tunnel and flight tests are provided with some conclusions as to the ramifications of the data in terms of design criteria and configuration layout.
Document ID
19790043358
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Magee, J. P. (NASA Ames Research Center; U.S. Army, Aeromechanics Laboratory, Moffett Field Calif., United States)
Wernicke, K. G. (Bell Helicopter Textron Fort Worth, Tex., United States)