EA-6B high-lift wing modificationsNASA-Langley has accomplished the computational design and experimental verification of EA-6B aircraft wing modifications for improved high lift capability. The modifications are comparatively simple, and attempt to improve low speed high lift performance while maintaining high speed cruise efficiency. Several two- and three-dimensional low speed and transonic computational techniques were employed, together with extensive wind tunnel tests. The modified inboard and outboard edge slat/flap system sections yielded efficiency improvements that were verified by three-dimensional wind tunnel experiments to amount to an 11-percent wing-body lift coefficient enhancement at low speed.
Document ID
19870061803
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Waggoner, E. G. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Allison, D. O. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)