Circular flight kite tests: converting to standard results.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Stevenson, J.C.; Alexander, K. V.
- Source
- Aeronautical Journal; Sep2006, Vol. 110 Issue 1111, p605-614, 10p, 12 Diagrams, 6 Charts, 4 Graphs
- Subject
- KITES
AERONAUTICS
AERODYNAMICS
AIRPLANE wing design
TESTING
- Language
- ISSN
- 00019240
The article derives the modifying equations for kite testing by flying in a horizontal circle, and compares traditional measurements with both the raw and modified circular flight results. It was indicated that for many cases, the differences between the raw circular flight test results and traditional measurement procedures may easily be encoded so that traditional results may be quickly obtained from this unique test procedure.