Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 1 Issue 2
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“Technical and Warlike Stores”: A Net Increase of £515,000
THOUGH there are signs that the Industry may soon be able to shake off its swaddling clothes, and free itself from the position of dependence mainly on Government orders for its…
Some Unconventional Aircraft: Points in Connection with the Future of the Autogiro and Helicogyre in Relation to Aerial Navigation
H.E. WimperisTHE use of a rotating wing in place of a fixed one has long had a peculiar fascination for inventors, no doubt due in the main to the attractiveness of hovering flight, as it is…
The New All‐Metal “Moth”: Notes on Maintenance and Some Points of General Interest for Private Owners
A. Hessell TiltmanTHE well‐known Light Aeroplane, the “Moth,” was designed, and is at present manufactured on a production scale, by the de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd. It is now four years since…
Wing Construction Development: Some Hitherto Unpublished Details of the Gloster Method of Building Thick High‐Lift Wings
H.P. FollandIN this article I propose dealing with steel constructions only, with particular reference to thick‐wing high‐lift sections, having high loading per square foot and requiring the…
Uses of Aircraft Steels: “Alloy Constructional Steels” in Relation to the Growing Needs of the Aircraft Industry
THE steels to which reference is made in this article are primarily what are known as “alloy constructional steels.” The special steels which are being used to some extent in the…
Italian Aircraft Development: A New Kite Balloon Airship—A Potential Winner of the Italian Light Aeroplane Competition—A New 3‐engined Caproni Monoplane
The Italian Motor Balloon THE kite balloon, while useful for observation and other similar purposes, is difficult to transport without deflation, on account of the various…
Three‐Dimensional Air Flow: The Vortex Street Theory of Karman and Rubach is here Extended to Three Dimensional Considerations
H. LevyAS far as the author is aware, no attempt has yet been made, either on the experimental or on the theoretical side, to extend to three dimensions the conceptions regarding the…
Streamlining Air‐Cooled Engines: Further American Experiments on the Cowling of a Radial Engine on an Open Cockpit Fuselage
THIS report covers the second and final portion of an investigation of the cowling and cooling of radial air‐cooled engines on an open cockpit fuselage. The first portion, which…
A Popular Light Aeroplane Unit: Owner‐Drivers are here given a Number of Hints on Care and Maintenance of a Cirrus Engine
THE Mark III type engine has been designed to meet the special requirements of light aircraft, and as a result of experience with the earlier types, new features have been…
A Course for Ground Engineers: II.—Hints on the Inspection of Aircraft before Flight from the Point of View of the “A” Licence Holder
A. McIsaacPERHAPS the three most important factors in any form of transport are speed, reliability and safety, of which the first is the most important, particularly in air transport.
The Streamline Aeroplane: A Discussion of the Power Economies to be Expected from Perfect Streamlining of Aircraft
B. Melvill JonesEVER since I first began to study Aeronautics I have been annoyed by the vast gap which has existed between the power actually expended on mechanical flight and the power…
Research Reports and Memoranda
The forces on ellipsoidal bodies placed obliquely in a converging or a diverging stream can be found direct by calculation of the pressures on the surfaces. It seemed worth while…
Aircraft Engineering—An International Publication: Some Opinions On Its Value
THE reception accorded to the first issue of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING has been so gratifying that we feel it may be useful to our readers to give them an idea not only of the opinions…
Month in the Patent Office: A Selection from Important Recently Published Aircraft and Aero Engine Specifications
Land wheels, runners, and skids; shock‐absorbers, applications of.—In order to transmit wing torsion from the free ends to the roots thereof, the landing carriage is constructed…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
1929Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb