Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 15 Issue 10
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A STUDY IN CO‐OPERATION
THE description of the LAGG‐3 we publish in this issue is the first to give anything like full details of any Soviet aeroplane that we can recall having seen. It comes from a…
Calculation of Wing Profile Drag: A New Simplified Method of Practical Value to Engineers
Maurice HoltIN the March issue of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING Mr. Falkner establishes a new power index law for the skin friction coefficient of a flat plate with fully turbulent boundary layer.
The Lateral Stability of Aeroplanes: A New Geometrical System of Analysis
H.L. PriceTHE STABILITY CHARTS THE numerical results representing one of the primary aims of this paper are embodied in the 24 charts reproduced on pp. 282–4. These, while possessing some…
Woods Used in Russian Aeroplanes: Results of a German Examination of the YAK‐1, MIG‐3 and LAGG‐3
J. TheinerCOMPOSITE wooden construction has long been the rule in Russia for a great variety of aircraft types: fabric and/or plywood skins on a metal and/or wooden framework are to be…
The LAGG‐3 Russian Fighter: A Swedish Description of this All‐Wooden Type
Nils HultenTHE machine is described from Finnish sources as satisfactory in horizontal flight, but with poor acceleration and there is a tendency to go into a spin in sharp turns. Attempts…
Three German Engine Fuel Systems
BMW 801A/1 The engine is a radial, air‐cooled, fourteen‐cylindcr, double‐bank motor of 42 litres capacity, 6–5/1 compression ratio and 156 mm. bore and stroke.
The Testing of Aircraft Thermometers
R. Barrington BrockIT has become increasingly obvious that however good the thermometers may be in an aeroplane, they are liable to errors—sometimes quite large ones—as a result of vibration…
The Powdered Metal Process for Moulding Parts
Harry Wilkin PerryMORE progress in the art of powder metallurgy is said to have been madcin the last year in the United States than in the preceding ten years. The new developments and great…
U.S. Patent Specifications
2,309,466. Propeller Blade Fairing. Eric Martin, West Hartford, Conn., assignor to United Aircraft Corporation, East Hartford, Conn, a corporation of Delaware. Application August…
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