High speed static experimental investigations to estimate control device effectiveness and S&C capabilities

Abstract

The high speed experimental investigations of a generic UCAV configuration with
\ncontrol surfaces are presented. The current paper covers the design of the model, layout of the control surfaces and the static wind tunnel tests. The tests were performed in both the DNW and BAE Systems High Speed Tunnel facilities and included conditions up to a Mach number of M = 0.9. The experimental results are used to establish a common high speed CFD test matrix for the NATO Task Group STO/AVT-201 for computer code validation and to assess the capability to predict the complex vortical flow and aerodynamic S&C characteristics of moderately leading edge swept configurations.