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Vehicle Integration: Safety of Test

Tailless

Recovery Parachute - Fail safe for departure recovery

Wind Tunnel Test - Acquire complete aerodynamic database for FCS design

Baseline FCS - Research flight control system architecture provides reversion capability to baseline control laws

Compact Inlet

Footprint Check - Investigate flow generation of inlet intake

Wind Tunnel Testing - Test steady state and dynamic distortion

CFD - Improved analysis for hammershock loads and load distribution

Safety of Test

(Technologies)

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Notes:

Tailless technologies risk can be reduced by integrating a recovery parachute, performing wind tunnel test to create a FCS data base and having a flight control system architecture which provides reversion capability to baseline control laws.

For a compact inlet, the footprint should be investigated to fully understand the flow field generated. Wind tunnel testing can help predict steady state and dynamic distortion. Improved method to predict hammershock load and load distribution can help improve vehicle safety.