26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-7.10.2

DEVELOPMENT OF A RUDDERLESS AEROELASTIC FIN TECHNOLOGY

M. Trapani, S. Guo
Cranfield Univ., UK

Keywords: Rudderless aeroelastic fin technology, Aeroelastic effect, Flight Performance

This paper presents investigation into a rudderless aeroelastic fin technology (RAFT) for lateral stability and control of an aircraft. A stability derivative comparison is made between wind-tunnel test and numerical simulation results of the aircraft with original fin-rudder and the RAFT numerical result based on a novel design.

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