Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 14 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
JET PROPULSION
A PART from developments which may be taking place in other countries, the fact that in Italy the Caproni‐Campihi jet‐propulsion aeroplane has reached the practical flying stage…
Thermal‐Air Jet‐Propulsion
GohlkeEVERYBODY travelling in air or water by its own power applies the reaction or “repulse” principle, that is to say, it either takes up parts of masses contained within itself or…
New R.A.F. Types
Solution. The gliding ratio required is 70/6 × 22/15 = 17·1. At present, with an all‐up weight of 500 lb., this is generated at 62 m.p.h.: we require it to be generated at 70…
The Rotol Contra‐Rotating Airscrew
ALIVE to the new problems resulting from the advent of higher power engines and the need for increased aeroplane speeds and greater operational heights, Rotol Airscrews Ltd., have…
Glider Performance Calculation
Keith W. TurnerTHE glider presents a simpler problem to the performance calculator than does the engine‐driven aeroplane: a problem free from the variables that are inevitably introduced when…
Blade Stall During Take‐off: A Letter from Mr. Cleaver, with the Author's Reply
DEAR SIR, With reference to Mr. Andrews's interesting article in the December issue of Aircraft ENGINEERING, there appears to have been some error in the constant used in equation…
Research Reports and Memoranda
It has been reported in previous papers that X‐ray studies of the magnetic iron‐nickel‐aluminium ternary system resulted in the discovery of a new phase α', as well as a complete…
Labour for the Metal Trades in Germany
H. HildebrandtTOGETHER with other interested bodies, the “Arbeitseinsatzverwaltung” (Labour Utilization Administration), has (or long been devoting increasing attention to the problem of…
Salvaging Worn Parts
THE need for the conservation of materials has stimulated interest in the various methods of salvaging components which have become worn in service or inadvertently machined…
Liaison Between Design and Production
A.J. SchroederTHE manufacture of any goods can be divided into two mental actions: that of contriving and designing, as pure brain work; and of production, as a combination of mental and…
U.S. Patent Specifications
A measuring and indicating instrument comprising means responsive to changes in the magnitude of the quantity being measured, indicating means comprising a disc having a radial…
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- Prof Phil Webb