| The objective of this thesis was to compare limited amounts of scale model trajectory data with appropriate full scale data. Froude scaling was used to “scale up” the half-scale model data to equivalent full scale conditions. Two degree of freedom trajectories and calculated miss distances were compared to full scale data. Likely error sources in the scale test process were identified. Simulation was used to estimate the effects of these errors on the trajectory. Simulation trends were used to estimate the scale trajectory without these errors. A second compromise scaling law was investigated as a possible improvement. For ejector-driven events at minimum sideslip, the most important variables for scale model construction are the mass moment of inertia and ejector forces. For these events, the resulting miss distance calculations are within acceptable error limits when compared with the full scale events. Additional testing is required for a thorough uncertainty analysis of scale model test data. |
