This innovative invention of reducing skin friction will be tested on the F15B research aircraft in 2000. A number of ground tests and analyses have been conducted to develop and validate the concept, with promising results. A flight evaluation of MBT will be conducted at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on the F-15B flight test fixture in 1999.
Uncertainty analysis is used to predict accuracy of results.
Ram air will be used for the source of blowing air. Test points will be representative of subsonic cruise conditions of various aircraft.