DYNAMIC STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMBINATION SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER AND FERRY VEHICLE

摘要

Subsonic forced-oscillation tests of a 0.015-scale model of the space shuttle orbiter/747 ferry vehicle were conducted in the Langley high-speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel. The tests were made at Mach numbers of 0.2, 0.4, and 0.5 for angles of attack up to 12°. Tests were made of the basic 747 airplane, of the modified 747 (tip fins and struts added), of the ferry configuration (747 plus orbiter at an incidence angle of 3°), and of the approach and landing test configuration (747 plus orbiter at an incidence angle of 6°).