TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF FIGURES iii 



LIST OF TABLES v 



NOTATION vii 



ABSTRACT ...... 1 



ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL INTEGRATED TOWLINES .... 3 



EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATIONS • 9 



COORDINATE AND FORCE SYSTEM 9 



EQUIPMENT 12 



INSTRUMENTATION 12 



PROCEDURES 16 



DISCUSSION OF RESULTS ' 16 



DETERMINATION OF TOWLINE HYDRODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS 23 



DISCUSSION OF HYDRODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS 29 



CONCLUSIONS 38 



RECOMMENDATIONS 38 



REFERENCES 39 



APPENDIX - CALCULATED KITING BEHAVIOR OF CONFIGURATION 

 A-1 AT SELECTED TOW SPEEDS, TOWLINE SCOPES 



AND DEPRESSOR CONFIGURATIONS 41 



LIST OF FIGURES 



1 - Illustration of the NACA 0020 Towline Design 2 



2 - Illustration of the 8-18-F (Configuration A-1) 



Towline Design 4 



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