Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 22 Issue 4
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The Promise of Turbo‐Props
BY courtesy of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences of America and the Bristol Aeroplane Company we conclude in this issue our publication of the full text of Mr A. E…
Performance Estimation of Civil Jet Aircraft: The Four Main Stages of a Flight—Take‐Off, Climb, Cruise and Landing — Considered in Turn
Alun D. EdwardsWhat follows considers only steady climbing conditions and ignores the possible use of kinetic energy, as in zooming.
A Hydraulic Static Testing Apparatus: A Description of the Equipment Installed at Ottawa for Carrying out Strength Tests on Wings and Other Large Structures
J.K. Haviland, G.F.W. McCaffreyA HYDRAULIC static testing apparatus has been installed in the Structures Laboratory for the purpose of carrying out static strength tests on aircraft components and other large…
The Solution of Lagrangian Frequency Equations with Complex Coefficients or Roots by the Escalator Method: The Application of the Method to Problems Connected with Flutter and Radio Circuits
J.W. HeadTHE orthodox solution of Lagrangian frequency equations involves the expansion into polynomial form of the characteristic determinantal equation in the latent roots, but this…
A New Use for Strain‐Gauges in Flight Testing: A Method Including Direct Readings or Recordings from Differential Galvanometer Deflexions
J. Girard, M. DelièreTHE Flight Testing Department of the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud‐Ouest (S.N.C.A.S.O.) has, in collaboration with the Société Delord, developed a new…
Fire Resistant Finishes for Aircraft
J.A. Jones, R.V. NiswanderTHE occurrence of isolated fires in commercial, passenger carrying aircraft has focused considerable attention upon the fire risks involved in the use of combustible materials…
Analytical Propeller Balance: A simple Practical Method in Use in the Propeller Shop of the Central Air Transport Corporation in China
S.Y. TungWE have used several methods to balance propellers analytically in order to avoid the cut‐and‐try method now commonly adopted in the practical field. The method described here has…
Some Factors Affecting Large Transport Aeroplanes with Turbo‐Prop Engines
The Thirteenth Wright Brothers Lecture delivered by Mr A. E. Russell of The Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd. before the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences in New York on December…
Linear Simultaneous Equations: A Criticism from Oxford with the Author's Reply
To the Editor. SIR: I should like to make some comments on the article by E. W. Parkes on ‘Linear Simultaneous Equations’ on p. 48 of the February issue. This article does not…
The Library Shelf
The Air Registration Board recently published a new section of the British Civil Airworthiness Requirements, dealing with rotorcraft. The issue is a provisional one, it being…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Reports and Technical Memoranda of the United States…
Tools for the Workshop
The Planet electric chain blocks are very compact, robust and, being light in weight, are very portable, one man being able to place them in position by himself. The blocks are…
U.S. Patent Specifications
These details and drawings of patents granted in the United States are taken, by permission of the Department of Commerce, from the ‘Official Gazette of the United States Patent…
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- Prof Phil Webb