The design of a joined wing flight demonstrator aircraftA joined-wing flight demonstrator aircraft has been developed at the NASA Ames Research Center in collaboration with ACA Industries. The aircraft is designed to utilize the fuselage, engines, and undercarriage of the existing NASA AD-1 flight demonstrator aircraft. The design objectives, methods, constraints, and the resulting aircraft design, called the JW-1, are presented. A wind-tunnel model of the JW-1 was tested in the NASA Ames 12-foot wind tunnel. The test results indicate that the JW-1 has satisfactory flying qualities for a flight demonstrator aircraft. Good agreement of test results with design predictions confirmed the validity of the design methods used for application to joined-wing configurations.
Document ID
19880029248
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Smith, S. C. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Cliff, S. E. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Kroo, I. M. (Stanford University CA, United States)