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New rotary rig at RAE and experiments on HIRM*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

C. O. O’Leary  and
E. N. Rowthorn
C. O. O’Leary
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Aerodynamics Department, Bedford MK41 6AE
E. N. Rowthorn
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Aerodynamics Department, Bedford MK41 6AE
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Summary

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.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 90 , Issue 900 , December 1986 , pp. 399 - 409
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1996 

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Footnotes

*

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.

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