Handling Qualities of Canards, Tandem Wings, and Other Unconventional Configurations NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Seth B., author.

Conference Name:

Business Aircraft Meeting and Exposition (1983-04-12 : Wichita, Kansas, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1983

Summary:

Over the years, a wide variety of aircraft configurations have been flown with varying degrees of success. A brief survey of the handling qualities of canard, tandem wing, and flying wing designs indicates that longitudinal stability and control, lateral/directional stability and control, and stall behavior of these concepts were important factors in achieving pilot acceptance

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Publisher Number:

830763

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