Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 2 Issue 10

Strapline:

An International Journal
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Table of contents

The Value of Public Discussions

FROM the very first issue of this paper it has been a considered policy to allot a portion of our space to papers read before gatherings of interested persons, and reports of…

Tunnel Tests on High‐Speed Seaplanes: The Summarised Results of the N. P. L. Researches on the British 1927 Schneider Trophy Machines

W.L. Cowley

IN the early part of 1926, tests were carried out in the N. P. L. wind tunnels upon models of high‐speed seaplanes for the Schneider Trophy‐Competition in America. Owing to lack…

The Construction of Aircraft in Steel: Some Reasons for Preferring this Material, with the Results of Ten Years' Research and Experience

Major F.M. Green

THE material used for the construction of the wings of nearly all the aircraft made up to ten years ago was wood, generally silver spruce. Steel tube was sometimes used for the…

Aerodynamics for Engineers: I.—The Atmosphere—Air in Motion—Bernouilli's Equation—Nature of Lift and Drag—Kinds of Aircraft

N.A.V. Piercy

IN these articles an attempt will be made to provide an introduction to a large subject specially serviceable to engineers. Restrictions on space make themselves felt in various…

Tank Tests with Seaplane Models: Suggestions, Based on Experience, for the Application of Model Results to Full Scale

R.J. Mitchell

AIRCRAFT construction, like shipbuilding and most other branches of engineering, is to a large extent an experimental science. That is to say, our knowledge is so limited in…

Three New German Machines: The First Amphibian—A Specially Designed Seaplane for Catapult Launching—A Comfortable Light Aeroplane

Waldemar C. Beck

AT a flying meeting arranged jointly by the Mecklenburg Aero Club and the Deutsche Verkehrs Fliegerschule held at Warnemunde during the summer several interesting new types of…

Air‐Cooled Heavy Oil Engines: An Account of some British Experiments, with Suggested Deductions to be Drawn Therefrom

A.H.R. Fedden

WHEN I was honoured with an invitation to give a paper before this Fifth International Air Congress, I received also a letter from a member of the committee, who is a famous power…

The Practice of Research: The Equipment Provided and Methods in Use at the Works of Messrs. Ricardo

J.F. Alcock, H.S. Glyde

IN the first part of this article a description of the apparatus used for engine testing and research was given. The actual procedure in carrying out tests on an engine will now…

A Review of the Helium Question: A Comprehensive Survey of its Properties, Sources of Supply and Possibilities for Use in Airships

Major P.L. Teed

WHILE owing to helium's absence of chemical affinities it might at first sight be imagined that its separation from a mixture of other gases could best be carried out by effecting…

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…

Month in the Patent Office: A Selection of the More Important Aircraft and Engine Specifications Published Recently

Planes and the like, construction of; framework.—Cantilever wings, braced against torsional deflection, have spaced spars, composed of upper and lower narrow booms b1 b2, c1 c2…

Cover of Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb