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Light Airplane Crash Tests at Impact Velocities of 13 and 27 m/sec

E. Alfaro-Bou, V. L. Vaughan

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Two similar general aviation airplanes were crash tested at the Langley impact dynamics research facility at velocities of 13 and 27 m/sec. Other flight parameters were held constant. The facility, instrumentation, tests specimens, and test method are briefly described. Structural damage and accelerometer data are discussed.

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Key concepts: Airplane, Crash, Aeronautics, Instrumentation (computer programming), Accelerometer, Aerospace engineering, Aviation accident, Crash test