MANEUVERABILITY INVESTIGATION OF THE F6C-3 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS AIRPLANE WITH SPECIAL

This inredigation was made for the purpose of ob-taining information cm the. maneuverability of the F6CM fighter aiqhne. % teds were conducted by the National Adri.sory Committee for Aeronautics at Langley Field, Vs., at the request of the Bureau of Aeronautics, ATavyDepartment. It is thejirst in a series OJm“mikr investigations to be conducted on a number of mifitary airpfunes for the purpose of comparing the abilities of these airplanea to maneurer, and a.ko to establish a fund of quuntitatice data. which muy be used in formulating standard~of conapariwnfor rating the maneurerabiliiy of any airplane. A large part oj this initial investigation UMSnecessarily dewted to the derefopment and trial of methods suitable for we in subsequent investigations of this nature..%r speed, angular celocity, linear acceleration, and position of the control mofaceg were measured by in-struments in the airplane during loops, push-doums$ pull-outs from dire~, pull-ups from lecel $ight, barrel rolls, and tins. The coordinates of the $ight patha were deduced from the data whenecer posm”ble, and were checked in some cases by the use of a camera ob-scura. Tle results are giren in curres showing the;ariation of the measured quantities m“th rss-peci to dime, and mam”mumrake are tabulated