The Zero-Lift Drag of Several Configurations of the XAAM-N-2 Pilotless Aircraft, TED No. NACA DE332 (open access)

The Zero-Lift Drag of Several Configurations of the XAAM-N-2 Pilotless Aircraft, TED No. NACA DE332

"Free-flight tests have been made to determine the zero-lift drag of several configurations of the XAAM-N-2 pilotless aircraft. Base-pressure measurements were also obtained for some of the configurations. The results show that increasing the wing-thickness ratio from 4 to 6 percent increased the wing drag by about 100 percent at M = 1.3 and by about 30 percent at M = 1.8. Increasing the nose fineness ratio from 5.00 to 6.25 reduced the drag coefficient of the wingless models a maximum of about 0.030 (10 percent) at M = 2.0" (p. 1).
Date: March 16, 1950
Creator: Hall, James R. & Sandahl, Carl A.
System: The UNT Digital Library