AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF SPINNING AIRCRAFT PartⅢ. Calculated and Flight Tests Spin Characteristics of anF-100F with strakes

摘要

This report is the third part of a study designed to explore an analytical approach in predicting spin characteristics. The first two parts demonstrated the feasibility of the analytical techniques developed, and this part demonstrates their utility in support of an actual flight test program initiated to develop a set of spin recovery strakes for the F-100P airplane. Wind funnel data, obtained for support of the spin calculations, reveal that strakes cause the airplane to become markedly unstable directionally at angles of attack beyond stall.