Aug 14, 2009 · NASA’s F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle, also known as the “Silk Purse,” performs a thrust vectoring test in afterburner in 1991, while anchored to the ground.

The High Alpha Research Vehicle is a modified American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet used by NASA in a three-phase program investigating controlled flight at high alpha (angle of attack) …

Jun 29, 2015 · NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, used an F-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its High Angle-of-Attack (Alpha) Research Vehicle (HARV) in a three-phased flight …

Feb 28, 2025 · The F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) retains the basic F/A-18 cockpit controls with some exceptions. Smoke generators and yarn tufts are used for flow visualization …

scale developmental, twin-engine, single-place, F-18 fighter-attack aircraft. Built by the Mc-Donnell Douglas (St. Louis, Missouri) and Northrop (Newbury Park, California) Corporations …

One of the objectives of this program is flight validation of ground-based design methodologies, and a modified F-18 aircraft was used to this end. This aircraft is called the NASA F-18 High …

Mar 14, 2025 · The F-18 HARV redefined what was possible in high-AoA flight, setting the stage for modern supermaneuverable fighters. By integrating thrust vectoring, vortex control, and …

Feb 27, 2019 · During a three-phased flight research project lasting from 1987 until 1996, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center used an F-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its High Angle-of …

Dryden used an F-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its High Angle-of-Attack (Alpha) Research Vehicle (HARV) in a three-phased flight research program lasting from April 1987 until September 1996.

Jun 17, 2003 · The F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) was used to carry out high angle of attack research. It was modified with a thrust vectoring system around the exhaust nozzles …