Under a contract with NASA, a joint Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) and NASA team recently conducted the fourth flight test of a dual-mode scramjet aboard the CIAM Hypersonic Flying Laboratory, 'Kholod'. With an aim test Mach 6.5 objective, the successful launch was conducted at the Sary Shagan test range in central Kazakstan on February 12, 1998. Ground-launch, rocket boosted by a modified Russian SA5 missile, the redesigned scramjet was accelerated to a new maximum velocity greater than Mach 6.4. This launch allowed for the measurement of the fully supersonic combustion mode under actual flight conditions. The primary program objective was the flight-to-ground correlation of measured data with preflight analysis and wind-tunnel tests in Russia and potentially in the United States. This paper describes the development and objectives of the program as well as the technical details of the scramjet and SA5 redesign to achieve the Mach 6.5 aim test condition. An overview of the launch operation is also given. Finally, preliminary flight test results are presented and discussed.


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    Title :

    Recent Flight Test Results of the Joint CIAM-NASA Mach 6.5 Scramjet Flight Program


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Spaceplanes and Hypersonic Systems and Technology Conference ; 1998 ; Norfolk, VA, United States


    Publication date :

    1998-04-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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