INVESTIGATION OF SUITABILITY FOR THE LINEAR SUPERPOSITION MODEL

An aircraft model was tested at the 3-meter low speed wind tunnel as it was oscillated with large amplitude. The unsteady aerodynamic behavior was acquired during the oscillation in yawing, rolling and yawing-rolling. The lateral-directional dynamic derivative was obtained using the mathematic model of unsteady aerodynamics and the dynamic derivative simulation. According to the principle of linear superposition, the unsteady aerodynamic parameters of the model about yaw-roll coupled motion can be obtained by the quasi-steady aerodynamic model and the result was compared with the experimental test. It was found that for the quasi-steady aerodynamic model the unsteady aerodynamic characteristic was in agreement with the test at the middle and large angle of attack (for example α ≤ 45°), but was opposite at the extremely large angle of attack (α > 45°).