Active aeroelastic wing flight research program: Technical program and model analytical development

The Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) Flight Research Program's (Pendleton, E., Griffin, K., Kehoe, RI., and Ferry, B., "A Flight Research Program for Act ive Aeroelastic Wing Technology," AIAA Paper 96-1574, April 1996 and Pendle ton, E., Bessette, D., Field, P., Miller, G., and Griffin, K., "The Active Aeroelastic Wing Flight Research Program," AIAA Paper 98-1972, April 1998) technical content is presented and analytical model development is summariz ed. Goals of the AAW flight research program are to demonstrate, in full sc ale, key AAW parameters and to measure the aerodynamic, structural, and fli ght control characteristics associated with AAW. Design guidance, derived f rom the results of this benchmark flight program, will be provided for impl ementation on future aircraft designs.