Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 34 Issue 1
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An International JournalTable of contents
Introduction to the Trident
THE impending maiden flight of the de Havilland DH.12I Trident at Hatfield heralds the arrival of the second generation of turbojet‐powered airliners and the Company which…
Part One—Design Philosophy and Systems: Choice of the Three Rear‐Mounted Engine Configuration, and Description of the Basic Systems
THE dc Havilland DH 121 Trident is a 600 m.p.h. airliner designed for economical short‐haul operation. It is intended to replace Viscount and Convairliners on regional networks…
Part Two—Spey By‐Pass Turbojet Engine: Description of the Design Background and Technical Features of the Rolls‐Royce RB.I63 Power Plant
INITIALLY developed to power the new generation of British short and medium range jet airliners, the Rolls‐Royce Spey is a 10,000 lb. thrust by‐pass engine designed for…
Part Three—Flight Control System: Description of the Smiths Duplex System Designed to Carry Out ‘Autoflare’ as Well as a Range of Flight Director and Autopilot Control Modes
K. FearnsideAT the present day the operations of civil transport aeroplanes are severely restricted under conditions of poor visibility and not infrequently flights have to be diverted or…
Predicting the Performance of Jet Flap Configurations: Semi‐Empirical Theory and Comparison With Available Tests Results
S. PivkoA simplified method for estimating the aerodynamic properties of thin flapped aerofoils influenced by high velocity jet sheets is developed. It is assumed that the main flow…
The Routh and Routh‐Hurwitz Stability Criteria: Their Derivation by a Novel Method Using Comparatively Elementary Algebra
J. MorrisTHE classic Routh stability criteria1 are applicable only to polynomial characteristic equations with real coefficients. The writer recently came across co‐related criteria in a…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Technical Reports and Translations of the United States…
Auxiliary Equipment
Foamite Ltd., Victoria Road, Feltham, Middlesex, recently obtained the order to design and develop an entirely new light crash rescue truck for the Royal Air Force. The prototype…
Aviation Electronics
A new miniature encapsulated 3–transistor amplifier with full Ministry of Aviation type approval has been introduced by Amplivox Ltd., Beresford Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex. It is…
Research and Test Apparatus
The need to measure accurately the rate at which wire is being fed to a given point exists in a number of processes. A particular case is that of consumable electrode welding…
British Patent Abridgments
A turbojet propulsion unit is mounted in an aircraft so as to be tiltablc to produce vertical thrust, part only of the intake diffuscr, designed for subsonic conditions, being…
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- Prof Phil Webb