The Future of Dynamic Model Testing

Efforts by the NACA and NASA over the last 80 years with applications of free-flying dynamic model test techniques have resulted in signifi­cant contributions to the civil and military aerospace communities. The results of the investigations have documented the testing techniques and lessons learned, and they have been especially valuable in defining critical characteristics of radical new configurations. With the passing of each decade, the free-flight techniques have become more sophis­ticated, and the accumulation of correlation between model and full – scale results has rapidly increased. In view of this technical progress, it

The Future of Dynamic Model Testing

Langley researchers Long Yip, left, and David Robelen with a radio-controlled model used in a program on spin resistance with the DeVore Aviation Corporation. The model was equipped with NASA-developed discontinuous outboard droops and was extremely spin resistant. NASA.

is appropriate to reflect on the state of the art in free-flight technology and the challenges and opportunities of the future.