National Aerospace Laboratory Advanced Aircraft Research Group
National Aerospace Laboratory Advanced Aircraft Research Group
National Aerospace Laboratory Advanced Aircraft Research Group
National Aerospace Laboratory Advanced Aircraft Research Group
National Space Development Agency of Japan
National Space Development Agency of Japan
出版者
航空宇宙技術研究所
出版者(英)
National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL)
雑誌名
航空宇宙技術研究所資料
雑誌名(英)
Technical Memorandum of National Aerospace Laboratory
To support the test model and provide a means of changing the attitude and the position, a test on the use of an industrial robot was performed in the NAL gust wind tunnel. For the model support system using a robot, the functional tests were made and aerodynamic characteristics tests at a low-speed wind and ground effect tests were conducted using the 8.9 percent scale model of HOPE (H-2 Orbiting Plane) ALFLEX (Automatic Landing Flight Experiment) vehicle. The obtained data were compared with the results from the same model supported by the sting of a conventional type. This report mainly describes the functional performance of the model support system using the robot and the influence of the robot's arm on the wind flow. The results indicated that the present model support system is very useful to move the model quickly in various directions in the wind tunnel. It was also suggested that the present model support system can be used for dynamic wind tunnel tests and can be recognized as one of the advanced technologies relating to wind tunnel tests.