Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 10 Issue 4
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An International JournalTable of contents
The Three‐Wheeled Undercarriage: Its possible Future and Effect on General Trends in Design
THERE is little doubt that the most acutely controversial topic of the moment is the three‐wheeled or “tricycle” undercarriage.
The Tricycle Undercarriage: The Advantages and Disadvantages of a Feature which has Recently been Revived
G.T.R. HillIF we trace the history of design in engineering, we can, in nearly every case we like to consider, point to a continuous development, a casting away of schemes which no longer…
Valve‐Spring Wire: Methods of Inspection and Faults to which the Material is Subject
Ernest WoodIT has recently been said by a member of a firm of justly‐famous wire makers (1) that there is probably no finer grade of wire than that designed for aero‐engine valve springs to…
Elastically Encastré Struts: A Suggestion for the Stressing of Members Subject to End Restraint
F.G.R. Cook, W. TyeTHE assumption of a pin‐jointed end condition will give optimistic results when the stress condition near the ends of a strut in a rigid‐jointed frame are of importance. The…
Practical Light Aeroplanes: The Development of the Beneš and Mráz Low Powered Private Machines
IT seems to us, with our insular outlook, strange that a small country like Czechoslovakia could have so “got the start of the majestic world” in the production of really light…
Automatic Engine Controls: A “Master” Carburettor with Boost and Mixture Controls Fully Automatic from Sea Level to Ceiling
THE Hobson “Master” Carburettor, manufactured by H. M. Hobson Components, Ltd., of Acton, incorporating Automatic Boost and Mixture controls, has done more to relieve the pilot of…
Aerodynamics of the Airscrew: The Scientific Aspects of Airscrew Performance Calculations Viewed in a Purely Practical Way
LAST October a paper was presented to the Royal Aeronautical Society entitled “ Practical Airscrew Performance Calculations,” by F. M. Thomas, F. W. Caldwell, and T. B. Rhines.
The Lioré et Olivier H.246: A New French Four‐Engined Long‐Range Commercial Flying‐Boat
THIS seaplane is of interest, not only for its aero and hydrodynamic design, but also because of its construction. It is nowadays comparatively rare to find a flying boat with a…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Technical Notes of the U.S. National Advisory…
Air Ministry Contracts
The following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during February is extracted from the March issue of The Ministry of Labour Gazelle :
U.S. Patent Specifications
In combination with an aircraft, a receptacle having a perforate side and imperforate other sides, said perforate side being composed of a surface portion of said aircraft, a…
Month in the Patent Office
In an aircraft in which the engine is mounted in front of, and in a cowling continuous with, the wings, the cooling air enters through slots C1 in the wings and passes forwardly…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb