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F-16XL ship #1 CAWAP flight - alpha 10 degrees, beta -5 degrees, altitude 10,000 feet | ||
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Photo Number: | EC96-43508-6 | |
Photo Date: | March 4, 1996 | |
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Formats: | 558x480 JPEG Image (96 KBytes) 1190x1024 JPEG Image (807 KBytes) 3030x2606 JPEG Image (9,064 KBytes) |
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Description: |
The single-seat F-16XL (ship #1) makes another run during the Cranked-Arrow Wing Aerodynamic Project (CAWAP) at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The modified airplane features a delta "cranked-arrow" wing with strips of tubing along the leading edge to the trailing edge to obtain pressure distribution data.
The right wing receives data on pressure distribution and the left wing has three types of instrumentation - preston tubes to measure local skin friction, boundary layer rakes to measure boundary layer profiles (the layer where the air interacts with the surfaces of a moving aircraft), and hot films to determine boundary layer transition locations. This photo shows the aircraft gathering data at an altitude of 10,000 feet, with an angle of attack of 10 degrees and a sideslip angle of -5 degrees. The program also gathered aero data on two wing planforms for NASA's High Speed Research Program. The first flight of CAWAP occurred on November 21, 1995, and the test program ended in April 1996. |
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Keywords: | F-16XL Ship #1; CAWAP; Cranked-Arrow Wing Aerodynamic Project; boundary layer; pressure distribution; skin friction; preston tubes; hot films |
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