Cal Poly Flutter Club
Design driver: Conduct aeroelasticity and flutter tests in a small-scale wind tunnel
Project Guidelines
Results
Project Guidelines
- Design, fabricate, and test a gust generation system
- Produce gust frequencies at up to 20 Hz and 300 ft./sec. tunnel speed
- Design and fabricate scaled model of Lockheed X-56A
- Fly model in wind tunnel using 5DOF gimbal
- Design gust generation system to be removed and reinstalled as needed
Results
- Installed and tested early 2013
- Minimal flow disturbance measured at zero degree deflection of gust vanes
- Sinusoidal gusts up to 20 Hz and 200 ft./sec. verified
- Gust generation system videos (copyright Justin Enrique 2013):