I am not a student, just a working senior engineer who is new to RATO launched vehicles. I was fishing to see if anyone here has had RATO launch aerodynamic experience that might be applicable to my issue. I am sure that our thrust vector angles have been accounted for so, it would seem to me to...
I am interested in estimating the effect of flow acceleration on the pitching moment of a conventional aft tail monoplane. Often, discussions of this type concern themselves with Mach effects, "Mach tuck" is often used to describe the transonic effects on the horizontal stabilizer generating a...