Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 12 Issue 12
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THE STANDARDIZATION PROBLEM
A PERENNIALLY thorny subject, which never fails to arouse acute controversy whenever it is broached, is standardization. Some hold the view that all standards are merely clogs on…
Slipstream Rotation and Stability: German Experiments on the Comparative Stability of a Do 17 with Different Arrangements of Airscrew Rotation
W. StieszSYSTEMATIC experiments carried out by the Dornier‐Werke for several years (for the purpose of investigating flight properties and the quantities of importance for flight…
The Prediction of Performance: The Estimation of Performance by means of the Speed Polar Diagram and the Principal Characteristics
Wieslaw StepniewskiIN the early stages of design, when the general conception of the aeroplane is discussed, it is important for designers to realize the numerical influence of changes in the design…
Prevention of Ice on Windscreens: Three Methods of Preventing and Removing Ice Investigated at the Langley Memorial Laboratory
Lewis A. RodertTHE National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is conducting a programme of research intended to reduce the risks now attendant on aeroplane operation during icing conditions. A…
Instrument Landing in the U.S.A.: The Physical Equipment and Method of Operation of the Indianapolis System
THE history of the development of instrument landing extends back a dozen years. In 1928 the National Bureau of Standards began work on a system for the Aeronautics Branch of the…
Standardization in Aeroplane Design
John T. ThompsonJUDICIOUS standardization applied to aircraft design on a large scale co‐operative basis will form one method by which the mass production of aeroplanes may be expedited. This…
The Jigging of Modern Airframes: A Review of Some of the Methods Used by British and Foreign Manufacturers
II—FUSELAGE JIGS (cont.) Girder Fuselages The girder fuselage has, in the last few years, fallen into desuetude, save for some training and light types, yet it has many very…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In an aeroplane, a control column comprising a grip member, a base member, and a cutaway member provided with slots, said base member being movably mounted in said slots.
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- Prof Phil Webb