THE USE OF RATE GYROSCOPES IN THE FREE FLIGHT MEASUREMENT OF AERODYNAMIC LATERAL FORCE AND MOMENT COEFFICIENTS

摘要

Suitable flight data regions are selected for the free flight measurement of aerodynamic force and moment coefficients on two bombs, each with four fins. The bombs carried an incidence meter, three rate gyroscopes, and four linear accelerometers. The flight data is fitted to a mathematical model of the force and moment system developed by Maple and Synge.