28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-1.2.2

DEVELOPMENT OF A SMALL-SCALE SUPERSONIC FLIGHT EXPERIMENT VEHICLE AS A FLYING TEST BED

K. Mizobata, R. Minato, K. Higashino, N. Tanatsugu
Muroran Inst. of Technology, Japan

Keywords: supersonic, flying test bed, flight test, aerodynamics, jet propulsion

A small-scale supersonic flight experiment vehicle is being developed. An aerodynamic configuration with a cranked-arrow wing and twin engines was selected. Flight tests of its prototype vehicle were carried out for characterization of its subsonic flights. A revised configuration with an air-turbo-ramjet engine is being designed for higher Mach numbers.

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