Flight Research with the MIT Daedalus Prototype

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Bussolari, Steven R., author.

Conference Name:

Aerospace Vehicle Conference (1987-06-08 : Washington, District of Columbia, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1987

Summary:

The MIT Light Eagle human-powered aircraft underwent long-duration testing over Rogers Dry Lake in California during January, 1987. Designed as a prototype for the MIT Daedalus Project, the Light Eagle's forty-eight flights provided pilot training, established new distance records for human-powered flight, and provided quantitative data through a series of instrumented flight experiments. The experiments focused on: 1) evaluating physiological loads on the pilot, 2) determining airframe power requirements, and 3) developing an electronic flight control system. This paper discusses the flight test program, its results and their implications for the follow-on Daedalus aircraft, and the potential uses of the Light Eagle as a low Reynolds number testbed

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Publisher Number:

871350

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