EDM model in ballistic range
Date: 15 September 2008
Depicts: Free-flight field test at supersonic speeds
Location: ISL ballistic range, Saint-Louis, France
Copyright: Institut Saint-Louis
A free-flight field test of the EDM model at supersonic speeds.
The aerodynamic characteristics in the low supersonic regime (Mach number between 1 and 3) were studied during a test campaign starting in 2008 during which the EDM was subject to dynamic instabilities. Each test consisted of the launch of a 92-mm diameter model of the EDM with a 105-mm diameter powder gun, at velocities approaching Mach 3. The models carried instruments for measurements during flight, and were recovered at the end of the test range which measured 150 metres.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
