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Title: Development and testing of the Perseus proof-of-concept aircraft. Final report

Abstract

Many areas of global climate change research could benefit from a flexible, affordable, and near-term platform that could provide in situ measurements in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. To provide such a capability, the Perseus unmanned science research aircraft was proposed in 1989. As a first step toward the development of Perseus, a proof-of-concept (POC) demonstrator was constructed and tested during 1990 and 1991. The POC was a full scale Perseus airframe intended to validate the structural, aerodynamic, and flight control technologies for the Perseus within a total budget of about $1.5 million. Advanced propulsion systems needed for the operational Perseus were not covered in the POC program due to funding limitations. This report documents the design, development, and testing of the Perseus POC.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., Manassas, VA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., Manassas, VA (United States); National Inst. for Global Environmental Change, Davis, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); National Inst. for Global Environmental Change, Davis, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10133305
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/61010-002; AR-9301
ON: DE93010121; CNN: HARVU Contract NAGW1464; NIGEC Contract 901214-HAR; NSF Contract ATM-9020068
DOE Contract Number:  
FC03-90ER61010
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 26 Feb 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; AIRCRAFT; DESIGN; PROGRESS REPORT; FUEL CONSUMPTION; REMOTE CONTROL; SIZE; WEIGHT; PROPULSION SYSTEMS; AERODYNAMICS; MATERIALS; AIRFOILS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; 330600; VEHICLE DESIGN FACTORS

Citation Formats

Langford, J S. Development and testing of the Perseus proof-of-concept aircraft. Final report. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.2172/10133305.
Langford, J S. Development and testing of the Perseus proof-of-concept aircraft. Final report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10133305
Langford, J S. 1993. "Development and testing of the Perseus proof-of-concept aircraft. Final report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10133305. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10133305.
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title = {Development and testing of the Perseus proof-of-concept aircraft. Final report},
author = {Langford, J S},
abstractNote = {Many areas of global climate change research could benefit from a flexible, affordable, and near-term platform that could provide in situ measurements in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. To provide such a capability, the Perseus unmanned science research aircraft was proposed in 1989. As a first step toward the development of Perseus, a proof-of-concept (POC) demonstrator was constructed and tested during 1990 and 1991. The POC was a full scale Perseus airframe intended to validate the structural, aerodynamic, and flight control technologies for the Perseus within a total budget of about $1.5 million. Advanced propulsion systems needed for the operational Perseus were not covered in the POC program due to funding limitations. This report documents the design, development, and testing of the Perseus POC.},
doi = {10.2172/10133305},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Fri Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 1993}
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