Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 July 2016
A rig for measurement of forces and moments due to continuous rate of roll has been commissioned at RAE Bedford. Tests have been made on a High Incidence Research Model (HIRM) in two wind tunnels at M = 0·2, 0·4 and 0·7. At present models can be tested up to 40° angle of attack at rotational speeds up to 350 rpm.
Tests on HIRM included an investigation of configuration and Reynolds number effects. Results are compared with similar data from tests with another rolling rig and from small amplitude oscillatory tests.
Paper originally presented at AGARD Symposium on Unsteady Aerodynamics, Fundamentals and Applications to Aircraft Dynamics, Gottingen, W. Germany, 6th-9th May 1985, and published in AGARD CP-386.