Development of Wing and Tail Configurations for Low Altitude Unmanned Research Aircraft (LAURA)

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Mangalam, S. M., author.

Conference Name:

Aerospace Technology Conference & Exposition (1987-10-05 : Long Beach, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1987

Summary:

The Low Altitude/Airspeed Unmanned Research Aircraft (LAURA) is being developed by the U. S. Navy for flight teat research using low-Reynolds number airfoils. This vehicle consists of a standard modular fuselage designed to accept the installation of several wings/tails having low Reynolds number airfoils, and various planform shapes. Design constraints include shipboard storage, long flight endurance at very low airspeeds and sea-skimming cruise altitude. These stringent design constraints require the development of high-performance low Reynolds number (LRN) airfoils, suitable lifting surface configuration, and advanced airframe-propulsion systems. The present paper describes ongoing efforts to develop wing and tail configurations for LAURA using airfoils designed at NASA Langley Research Center

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Publisher Number:

871882

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