Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 6 Issue 9
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The Importance of Theory: The Justification of a Point of View
IT is ironically true that with all our progress the calculation and estimation of the resistance of a streamline body is still not a matter of precision. And yet the streamline…
The Drag of Streamline Bodies: The Relative Importance of Skin Friction and Pressure in Relation to Full‐Scale Design
M.H. LyonTHE drag of a streamline body, such as an airship hull or an aeroplane fuselage, with its axis in the direction of the relative wind, is almost entirely due to skin friction. The…
The Monospar S.T.10 Monoplane: The General Aircraft Company's Twin‐Engined Machine which Won the 1934 King's Cup
THE General Aircraft Company's S.T.10 monoplane was the winner of this year's King's Cup Race. Fitted with two Pobjoy Niagara radial engines which develop 90 h.p. at 3,500 r.p.h…
The D.H. Diana and Dragon: Details of the Four‐Engined D.H. 86 and the Twin‐Engined D.H. 89
THE main planes of the four‐engined D.H.86, Diana, have an aspect ratio of 12·3 with an exceptionally heavy taper in chord to the tips. The aerofoil section used is a modified…
The Avro Commodore: A Four‐Seater Enclosed Biplane with a Single 215 h.p. Lynx Engine
THE Avro Commodore is a four‐(“occasional” five‐) scater biplane fitted with the Armstrong‐Siddeley Lynx 215 h.p. engine.
The Avro 642: A Two‐ or Four‐Engined Machine Adapted to Various Uses
THE Avro 642 has been designed as both a twin‐engined and four‐engined model.
The Airspeed Envoy: A Twin‐Engined Version of the Successful Courier, with Wolseley Engines
AMONG the now types which aroused most interest at the S.B.A.C. Display at Hcndon on July 2, was the Airspeed Envoy, officially known as the A.S.6. This is a twin‐engined…
Skin Friction Correction: A Resume of Investigations into Boundary‐Layer Theory, Summarising Knowledge on the Subject
L. BairstowA CONSIDERABLE literature about skin friction or boundary‐layer theory exists both in English and in German and there is general agreement as to the best practicable method of…
More Practical Points in Design: Hints on the Layout of Main Planes for Ease of Maintenance and Repair
THE main desiderata to ensure a satisfactory design of main planes from the case of repair viewpoint are:
Some Books Recently Received: The Theory of Aerodynamics—A Revised Handbook‐Metal Aeroplanes—Structural Practice
IT is perhaps not surprising, in view of the remarkable advancements which have been made in Aerodynamic Theory during the last two decades, that the literature on this subject is…
Fatigue Testing of Wire: A New Machine Designed for Research and Experimental Use in Factories
IN the report of the Fourth International Congress on Applied Mechanics published on pp. 215–219, 224, of the August issue of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, mention only was made of a…
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
A pack parachute wherein the pack is closed by two flaps having studs which co‐operate with eyelets on two other flaps in which the studs are held by the rip cord, has the pilot…
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- Prof Phil Webb