Flight Test Results from the Rake Airflow Gage Experiment on the F-15B

摘要

The results are described of the Rake Airflow Gage Experiment (RAGE), which was designed and fabricated to support the flight test of a new supersonic inlet design using Dryden's Propulsion Flight Test Fixture (PFTF) and F-15B testbed airplane (see figure). The PFTF is a unique pylon that was developed for flight-testing propulsion-related experiments such as inlets, nozzles, and combustors over a range of subsonic and supersonic flight conditions. The objective of the RAGE program was to quantify die local flowfield at the aerodynamic interface plane of the Channeled Centerbody Inlet Experiment (CCIE).