Elimination of buffeting on the rear fuselage of the Hercules Tanker
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Aeronautical Journal
- Vol. 89 (889) , 339-342
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001924000050855
Abstract
Summary: The conversion of the Hercules aircraft for flight refuelling necessitated the installation of a small drogue box on the lower surface of the rear fuselage. This produced a long flow separation and unacceptable rear fuselage and elevator buffeting at the drogue towing speeds required.The flow separation was stabilised, and the buffeting eliminated, by the installation of strakes and the provision of a small bleed flow through the drogue box.Keywords
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