Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 24 Issue 11
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The Sea Again
IN this issue we publish the second of two articles on the Saunders‐Roe Princess flying boat by MR M. J. BRENNAN, Deputy Chief Designer at Saunders‐Roe. It is a sobering thought…
Design and Development Aspects of the Princess: A Second Article Describing Some of the More Unusual Tests and Development Stages
M.J. BrennanIN 1937, when Imperial Airways and Pan American were conducting their flight surveys of the North Atlantic route with developed Empire boats and Sikorsky 42's respectively, and…
The Library Shelf
H.B.H.Volumes 1 and 2 of this Handbook, containing Sections 1 to 5 inclusive, were reviewed recently in these columns (AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, May 1952). The present review is concerned…
The Behaviour of Beams in Bending: A Report on Experiments on a Cast Magnesium Alloy in Bending Beyond the Limit of Proportionality
S.S. GillThe paper reports experiments carried out on beams in pure bending. The material used was a cast magnesium alloy AZ855. The beam sections were rectangular, circular, I‐section…
An Experiment on Nozzle Flow: Experimental Determination of the Law of Expansion for Particular Cases
V.D. NaylorTHE following readings were found by experiment: mass flow (W) for different initial pressures, initial pressure (po) and temperature (To) pressure distribution along the nozzle…
The Saunders‐Roe Technograph Foil Strain Gauge: A New Type of Gauge which May Solve Many Problems
WHEN using strain gauges of the normal wire type in the dynamic testing of helicopter components, notably rotor blades, Messrs. Saunders‐Roe found that such a high proportion of…
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 General Electric Co. Ltd., Magnet House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, have designed in their research laboratories a 4kVA electronically controlled spot welder for welding very…
Month in the Patent Office
In cellular panel or like constructional work wherein sheets of plywood or other material are spaced apart by sinuous web elements outlining the cells and joined at opposite edges…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In a supersonic aircraft, the combination of a fuse‐lage, and air‐consuming power‐plant in said fuselage, a wing‐structure comprising a wing on cither side of said fuselage each…
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- Prof Phil Webb