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Experimental Study of Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Boxplane Wind-Tunnel Model

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The paper presents the experimental data for a light boxplane obtained in the T-1 wind tunnel (MAI, Moscow). Directions for future research are assigned.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The work was performed within the framework of the state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, topic number is FSFF-2020-0013.

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  1. Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), Volokolamskoe shosse 4, 125993, Moscow, Russia

    E. A. Karpovich, N. I. Kochurova & A. V. Kuznetsov

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Aviatsionnaya Tekhnika, 2020, No. 4, pp. 93 - 100.

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Karpovich, E.A., Kochurova, N.I. & Kuznetsov, A.V. Experimental Study of Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Boxplane Wind-Tunnel Model. Russ. Aeronaut. 63, 659–668 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068799820040133

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