Two powered-lift concepts, the tandem fan and the longitudinally-arrayed ejector, are integrated with two existing fighter aircraft, the F-l4A and F-16A respectively, to indicate the benefits and/or penalties involved with providing STOVL capability to CTOL aircraft. It is shown that properly designed powered-lift aircraft can achieve either comparable or superior mission performance relative to CTOL aircraft.
Author(s):
Samuel B. Wilson, George H. Kidwell, George E. Turney, Al Rogers
Affiliated:
NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, California, NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, Ohio, Grumman Aerospace Co. West Coast Operations El Segundo, California
Pages: 19
Event:
Aerospace Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1982 Transactions-V91-A
Related Topics:
Aircraft
Fans
Research and development
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