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Simulating a Tailless Re-Entry VehicleVirtual Flight - RITE (Rapid Integration Test Environment) is a NASA program devoted to the development of rapid prototyping technology for the design of aerospace vehicles. In the fourth simulation entry in this series of projects, a Crew Transfer Vehicle concept design developed at NASA-Ames Research Center was simulated. This concept vehicle, known as CTV8, is a delta-wing design with sharp leading edges to improve the hypersonic lift-to-drag ratio (L/D). Control surfaces included ailerons and elevators on the trailing edge of the wing, a rudder on the trailing edge of the vertical tail, and upper and lower body flaps (on the aft upper and lower edges of the fuselage) for speed control.
Document ID
20050157097
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Bunell, John W.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Subject Category
Launch Vehicles And Launch Operations
Report/Patent Number
AIAA Paper 2003-5457
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference
Location: Austin, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: August 11, 2003
End Date: August 14, 2003
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-98084
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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