The Current Status of the Flight Test of the Aska

Document Number: 881433

Date Published: October 1988

Author(s):
Noriaki Okada - National Aerospace Lab., Chofu, Tokyo
Kazuya Masui - National Aerospace Lab., Chofu, Tokyo
Hiroyuki Yamato - National Aerospace Lab., Chofu, Tokyo
Masamichi Kuriyama - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kakamigahara, Gifu
Yoshinari Tobinaga - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kakamigahara, Gifu

Abstract:
The four engined Upper Surface Blowing (USB) STOL research aircraft ASKA was developed by National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan and has been in the flight test phase to provide various kinds of flight data.

The position error in airspeed and angle of attack is discussed, and the low speed performance demonstrated in the flight test is provided by the figures of lift/drag coefficient curves and V-Gamma plot. Several indications of powered lift and dynamic stability derivatives obtained from the V-Gamma plot are discussed. The flight measured pitching moment shows the distinctive features such as pitch up tendency. The wing-body pitching moment and the downwash angle are analyzed from the flight load measurements of the horizontal tail. The ground effect of the ASKA is also presented quantitatively in this paper.

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