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2 f l NACA RM LS52B29
This paper includes data in time-history form of maneuvers obtained
by an F2H-2 airplane while performing regularly scheduled operational
training missions. In order to make the data included in the time his-
tories immediately available, only a minor analysis of the data is
included in this paper.
TEST - AIRPLANE
A standard United States Marine Corps McDonnell F2H-2 airplane,
BuAer serial number 123256, was used for these tests. The F2H-2 airplane
is a single-place,' straight-wing, two-engine carrier- or land-based, jet-
propelled fighter. It is powered by two Westinghouse J-34-WE-34 turbojet
axial-flow engines mounted, one oil either-side of the fuselage, in the
wing center section. It has speed brakes located in the upper and lower
wing surfaces inboard of the aileron and just ahead of the partial-span
flaps. These speed brakes consist of perforated rectangular plates which
are extended vertically from the wing surfaces and are either in the
"out" or "in" position. A hydraulic boost system was incorporated in the
aileron control system.
The external appearance of the.test airplane was unaltered by the
NACA instrumentation except for the installation of a boom mounted in
the nose of the airplane, used for measuring the sideslip angle, and a
small electrical control-position transmitter mounted externally on the
right-wing lower surface. A three-view drawing of the F2H-2 airplane is
presented in figure 1 and its pertinent physical characteristics are
given in table I.
INSTRUMENTS
Standard NACA photographically recording instruments were used to
measure (1) the quantities defining the flight conditions; that is, air-
speed, altitude, and speed-brake position, (2) the control-surface motions.
and (3) the response of the airplane in terms of angular velocities, load
factors, and sideslip angle. The recorders were synchronized at 1-second
intervals by means of a common timing circuit.
In order to relieve the pilot of any recording-instrument switching
procedure and thus assist in obtaining normal operations, a pressure
switch was used to automatically turn on the recording instruments at an
indicated airspeed of approximately 80 knots. All recorders were mounted
in the nose section with the exception of the angular-velocity recorders
which were located in the aft radio compartment.a -m
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Huss, Carl R.; Andrews, William H. & Hamer, Harold A. Time-History Data of Maneuvers Performed by McDonnell F2H-2 Airplane During Squadron Operational Training, report, May 27, 1952; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc59213/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.