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- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Path: sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!aws
- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: DCX Testing
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.135607.6316@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:56:07 GMT
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- As promised, here is some data on the DC-X test program. About nine
- test flights are planned.
-
- 1. Flight series 1 will test:
- * Blended control (automatic flight with ground override)
- * Vertical landing and ground effects
- * Systems performance
- * Qmax: ~10 PSF
- * Altitude: ~600 feet AGL
-
- 2. Series 2:
- * Aero performance verification
- - Power-On drag
- * Expand performance envelope
- * RTLS demonstration
- * Qmax: ~60 PSF
- * Altitude: ~5,000 feet AGL
-
- 3. Series 3:
- * Rotation maneuver to validate aero model
- * Increasing Q at rotation
- * Reacquisition of GPS
- * Propelland management
- * Qrot: ~20-95 PSF
- * Altitude: 20,000 feet AGL
-
- Allen
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- | Allen W. Sherzer | "A great man is one who does nothing but leaves |
- | aws@iti.org | nothing undone" |
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