Longitudinal and Lateral-Directional . . .

An investigation has been conducted to determine the longitudinal and lateral-directional aerodynamic characteristics of a generic wing-cone configuration at supersonic speeds. The fuselage had a 5 ffi half-angle cone forebody, cylindrical midbody, and a 9 ffi truncated cone afterbody. The delta wing (aspect ratio 1.0) had a 4-percent-thick diamond airfoil section. The tests were made in the Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel at Mach numbers from 2.50 to 4.50. Angle of attack was varied from \Gamma4 ffi to 28 ffi , and angle of sideslip varied from \Gamma8 ffi to 8 ffi . Several configurations were studied to determine the effects of variations in wing longitudinal position, wing incidence, vertical-tail configuration, canard shape, and nose bluntness. Typical effects of Reynolds number and Mach number on the longitudinal characteristics were observed. The incremental effects of the confiuration variables were generally unaffected by Mach number. The dire..