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F-15B ACTIVE - First supersonic yaw vectoring flight | ||
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Photo Number: | EC96-43485-6 | |
Photo Date: | March 1996 | |
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Formats: | 362x480 JPEG Image (58 KBytes) 773x1024 JPEG Image (396 KBytes) 1600x2120 JPEG Image (705 KBytes) |
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Description: |
On Wednesday, April 24, 1996, the F-15 Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles (ACTIVE) aircraft achieved its first supersonic yaw vectoring flight at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. ACTIVE is a joint NASA, U.S. Air Force, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) and Pratt & Whitney (P&W) program. The team will assess performance and technology benefits during flight test operations. We hope to set some more records before we're through," stated Roger W. Bursey, P&W's pitch-yaw balance beam nozzle (PYBBN) program manager. A pair of P&W PYBBNs vectored (horizontally side-to-side, pitch is up and down) the thrust for the MDA manufactured F-15 research aircraft. Power to reach supersonic speeds was provided by two high-performance F100-PW-229 engines that were modified with the multi-directional thrust vectoring nozzles. The new concept should lead to significant increases in performance of both civil and military aircraft flying at subsonic and supersonic speeds. |
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Keywords: | F-15; F-15B; ACTIVE; first supersonic yaw vectoring flight; Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles; pitch yaw balance beam nozzle; PYBBN; MDA; McDonnell Douglas Aerospace |
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