NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19930081026: Mass distribution and performance of free flight models

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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19930081026: Mass distribution and performance of free flight models
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19930081026: Mass distribution and performance of free flight models

Author: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Year: 1927

This note deals with the mass distribution and performance of free flight models. An airplane model which is to be used in free flight tests must be balanced dynamically as well as statically, e.g., it must not only have a given weight and the proper center of gravity but also a given ellipsoid of inertia. Equations which relate the motions of an airplane and its model are given. Neglecting scale effect, these equations may be used to predict the performance of an airplane, under the action of gravity alone, from data obtained in making dropping tests of a correctly balanced model.

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