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Pathfinder-Plus

Sensitive instruments on wing-mounted booms measure air turbulence and its effect on the stability of the Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing.
 
Photo Number: EC04-0277-11
Photo Date: September 17, 2004
 
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Description:		 Sensitive instruments mounted on booms extending forward of the wing measure air turbulence and its effect on the stability of the Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing.
 
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: AeroVironment, Pathfinder-Plus, Pathfinder, Rogers Dry Lake, flying wing, lightweight solar aircraft
 
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