An A/A-18 E/F model tested in a wind tunnel.
An 18 percent aeroelastically-scaled, full span F/A-18 E/F model was tested during multiple wind-tunnel entries in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel. The primary purpose of these entries was to assist in clearing the flight vehicle design of flutter within its operating envelope. The wind-tunnel model was tested on a string and on a cable-mount system (as shown). All lifting surfaces were flutter cleared up to M= with the model string mounted. The model was then flutter cleared on the cable-mount system to assess the influence of rigid-body dynamics and fuselage flexibility on flutter.
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