Dryden Home > Collections > Photo Home > F-15 ACTIVE Aircraft > Photo # EC96-43485-5 |
F-15B ACTIVE with Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engines - First supersonic yaw vectoring flight | ||
|
||
Photo Number: | EC96-43485-5 | |
Photo Date: | March 1996 | |
|
||
Formats: | 558x480 JPEG Image (75 KBytes) 1191x1024 JPEG Image (497 KBytes) 2000x1720 JPEG Image (575 KBytes) |
|
|
||
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, visible in this photo of the craft in banked flight. The new concept should lead to significant increases in performance of both civil and military aircraft flying at subsonic and supersonic speeds. |
|
|
||
Keywords: | F-15; F-15B; ACTIVE; Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles; first supersonic yaw vectoring flight; Roger Bursey; Pitch-Yaw Balance Beam Nozzle; PYBBN; McDonnell Douglas |
Dryden Home > Collections > Photo Home > F-15 ACTIVE Aircraft > Photo # EC96-43485-5 |
|
|
Business | Education | History | Gallery | News Room | Organizations | Research | Search | Site Index | |
|