%0 Journal Article %A A. Badarudin and C. S. Oon and S. N. Kazi and N. Nik-Ghazali and Y. J. Lee and W. T. Chong %D 2013 %J International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 75, 2013 %T Numerical Simulation and Experiment of a Lifting Body with Leading-Edge Rotating Cylinder %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6639 %V 75 %X An experimental and simulation flight test has been carried out to evaluate the longitudinal gliding characteristics of a lifting body with blunted half-cone geometry. The novelty here is the lifting body's pitch control mechanism, which consists of a pair of leading-edge rotating cylinders. Flight simulation uses aerodynamic data from computational fluid dynamics supported by wind-tunnel test. Flight test consists of releasing an aluminum lifting body model from a moving vehicle at the appropriate wind speed while measuring the lifting body's variation of altitude against time of flight. Results show that leading-edge rotating cylinder is able to give small amounts of improvement to the longitudinal stability and pitch control to the lifting body. %P 392 - 396