Space Transportation System Research and Development Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Space Transportation System Research and Development Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Space Transportation System Research and Development Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Space Transportation System Research and Development Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Space Transportation System Research and Development Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Space Transportation System Research and Development Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Space Transportation System Research and Development Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Space Transportation System Research and Development Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Space Transportation System Research and Development Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Space Transportation System Research and Development Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Flight Research Center, Aerospace Research and Development Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Flight Research Center, Aerospace Research and Development Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Flight Research Center, Aerospace Research and Development Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Flight Research Center, Aerospace Research and Development Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Flight Research Center, Aerospace Research and Development Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Flight Research Center, Aerospace Research and Development Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Flight Research Center, Aerospace Research and Development Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Flight Research Center, Aerospace Research and Development Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Flight Research Center, Aerospace Research and Development Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Wind Tunnel Technology Center, Aerospace Research and Development Direstorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, has investigated various concepts of next generation reusable space transportation systems. Lifting-body re-entry vehicle is one of the most promising concepts among them. This type of vehicle has no wings and derives its lift solely from the shape of its body. Therefore it has the advantages of reduced structural weight, superior volumetric efficiency, and better characteristics against aerodynamic heating at hypersonic speed. On the other hand, the disadvantages of its low lift-drag ratio, poor stability and controllability at low speed make it more diffi cult to land on a conventional runway than in the case of a winged vehicle like in the Automatic Landing Flight Experiment (ALFLEX), which was conducted in 1996. The Lifting-body Flight Experiment (LIFLEX), a fl ight experiment using small low-cost vehicle, was planned to accumulate the knowledge and skills for automatic landing technology, which is one of the largest technology hurdles to realize a lifting body re-entry system. This report describes the outline of the experiment fl ight plan and the experiment system, and the process of development in some detail, including several ground tests and constrained flight tests using a helicopter.
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著者人数: 20人
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Physical characteristics: Original contains color illustrations