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Pathfinder-Plus

The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing lifts off Rogers Dry Lake adjoining NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on a turbulence-measurement flight.

 
Photo Number: EC05-0186-05
Photo Date: August 31, 2005
 
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Photo
Description:
The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing lifts off Rogers Dry Lake adjoining NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on a turbulence-measurement flight.
 
Project
Description:
NASA and AeroVironment, Inc. joined forces again in 2004-05 to conduct a series of research flights by the solar-electric Pathfinder-Plus flying wing. The lightweight solar craft has been instrumented with a sophisticated atmospheric turbulence measurement system on seven long booms mounted across the leading edge of the wing. About three or four low-altitude flights over the edge of Rogers Dry Lake are intended to help engineers characterize the effects of turbulence on the aerodynamics of lightweight, flexible-structure aircraft.
 
NASA Photo by: Tom Tschida
 
Keywords: Pathfinder-Plus, solar-electric flying wing, Rogers Dry Lake, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, turbulence-measurement flight
 


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