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[Frank Jr. pilot costume]

Description: Photograph of Frank Cuellar Jr. wearing a pilot costume in front of a dark-colored backdrop. Frank Jr. wears a flying helmet tied to his neck, a bomber jacket, a pair of flying trousers, and long leather boots.
Date: 1934
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Dining Room on the Garden

Description: A painting of a woman in a dining room with a window overlooking a garden.
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Date: [1934,1935]
Creator: Bonnard, Pierre
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Experiment Station Record, Volume 69, July-December, 1933

Description: Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Puerto Rico Station. Name and subject indexes start on page 913.
Date: 1934
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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General Theory of Aerodynamic Instability and the Mechanism of Flutter

Description: "The aerodynamic forces on an oscillating airfoil or airfoil-aileron combination of three independent degrees of freedom were determined. The problem resolves itself into the solution of certain definite integrals, which were identified as Bessel functions of the first and second kind, and of zero and first order. The theory, based on potential flow and the Kutta condition, is fundamentally equivalent to the conventional wing section theory relating to the steady case" (p. 291).
Date: May 2, 1934
Creator: Theodorsen, Theodore
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A complete tank test of a flying-boat hull with a pointed step - N.A.C.A. Model No. 22

Description: "The results of a complete tank test of a model of a flying-boat hull of unconventional form, having a deep pointed step, are presented in this note. The advantage of the pointed-step type over the usual forms of flying-boat hulls with respect to resistance at high speeds is pointed out. A take-off example using the data from these tests is worked out, and the results are compared with those of an example in which the test data for a hull of the type in general use in the United States are appl… more
Date: February 1934
Creator: Shoemaker, James M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Effect of Retractable-Spoiler Location on Rolling- and Yawing-Moment Coefficients

Description: "In this report are presented the results of wind-tunnel tests of retractable spoilers on the upper surface of a Clark Y wing, which have been made as part of an investigation of lateral control devices being conducted by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Spoilers with chords up to 15.0 percent of the wing chord were tested in several locations on a plain rectangular wing and in two locations on the same wing equipped with a 20.0 percent chord split flap down 60 degrees. Charts a… more
Date: July 1934
Creator: Shortal, J. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Full-scale drag tests of landing lamps

Description: "Drag tests were conducted in the N.A.C.A. full-scale wind tunnel on full-scale models of two Army Air Corps type A-6 landing lamps mounted on an 8 by 48 foot airfoil. Drag measurements were made with the lamps in the leading edge and attached to the lower surface at the 5 and 10 percent chord positions. The drag of the lamps when faired into the airfoil was also measured. The results show that at 100 miles per hour and at the angle of minimum drag of the airfoil the unaired lamps in the leadin… more
Date: May 1934
Creator: Dearborn, C. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Wind-Tunnel Measurements of Air Loads on Split Flaps

Description: Note presenting tests in a wind tunnel to determine the control forces and air loads acting on split flaps. Clark Y wing models were used with two different sizes of full-span split flaps, one with a medium chord and one with a narrow chord. The results indicated that at angles of attack and flap deflections for maximum lift, the lift loads on the split flaps were only 5 percent and 9 percent of the total lift for the narrow and medium-chord flaps respectively.
Date: May 1934
Creator: Wenzinger, Carl J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The effect of trim angle on the take-off performance of a flying boat

Description: From Summary: "Data obtained at the N.A.C.A. tank from tests on the models of three flying-boat hulls - N.A.C.A. models 11-A, 16, and 22 - are used to demonstrate the effect of trim angle on water resistance. A specific example is taken, and data from Model 11-A are used to show that the trim angle giving the minimum water resistance will give minimum total air-plus-water resistance. Total-resistance curves for best trimmed angles and other angles are compared for the same example."
Date: January 1934
Creator: Shoemaker, James M. & Dawson, John R.
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Tests of three tapered airfoils based on the N.A.C.A. 2200, the N.A.C.A.-M6, and the Clark Y sections

Description: Three tapered airfoils based on the N.A.C.A. 2200, the N.A.C.A.-M6, and the Clark Y sections were tested in the variable-density wind tunnel at a Reynolds Number of approximately 3,100,000. The models, which were of aspect ratio 6, had constant core center sections and rounded tips, and tapered in thickness from 18 percent at the roots to 9 percent at the tips. The aerodynamic characteristics are given by the usual dimensionless coefficients plotted for both positive and negative angles of atta… more
Date: January 1934
Creator: Anderson, Raymond F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Landing characteristics of an autogiro

Description: An investigation to determine the rate of descent, the horizontal velocity, and the attitude at contact of an autogiro in landings was made by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at the request of the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce. The investigation covered various types of landings. The results of the investigation disclosed that the maximum rate of descent at contact with the ground (10.6 feet per second) was less than the minimum rate of descent attainable in a s… more
Date: November 1934
Creator: Peck, William C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tank Tests of Flat and V-Bottom Planning Surfaces

Description: "Four planing surfaces, all having beams of 16 inches and lengths of 60 inches but varying in dead rise by 10 degrees increments from 0 degrees to 30 degrees, were tested in the N.A.C.A. tank. The results cover a wide range of speed, loads, and trim angles, and are applicable to a variety of problems encountered in the design of seaplanes. The data are analyzed to determine the characteristics of each surface at the trim angle giving minimum resistance for all the speed and loads tested. A plan… more
Date: November 1934
Creator: Shoemaker, James M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Calculated Effect of Trailing-Edge Flaps on the Take-Off of Flying Boats

Description: "The results of take-off calculations are given for an application of simple trailing-edge flaps to two hypothetical flying boats, one having medium wing and power loading and consequently considerable excess of thrust over total resistance during the take-off run, the other having high wing and power loading and a very low excess thrust. For these seaplanes the effect of downward flap settings was: (1) to increase the total resistance below the stalling speed, (2) to decrease the get-away spee… more
Date: November 1934
Creator: Parkinson, J. B. & Bell, J. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A study of the pitching moments and the stability characteristics of monoplanes

Description: "This note presents a study of the pitching moments and the stability characteristics of monoplanes. Expressions for the pitching-moment coefficient and the Diehl stability coefficient for the monoplane are developed, suitable for the use of airplane designers. The effective difference between the high-wing and low-wing types is portrayed and discussed. Comparisons between experimental and computed values are made. Charts for use in the solution of numerical values of the pitching-moment and st… more
Date: November 1934
Creator: Higgins, George J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hazards to Aircraft Due to Electrical Phenomena

Description: Note presenting the findings of a committee established to consider the general question of hazards to aircraft due to electrical phenomena and make recommendations as to what should be done to insure the least hazard. The two primary hazards focused on were electrostatic attraction to the earth and high-frequency discharges.
Date: March 1934
Creator: Special Committee on Hazards to Aircraft Due to Electrical Pheomena
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of the Surface Condition of a Wing on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of an Airplane

Description: "In order to determine the effect of the surface conditions of a wing on the aerodynamic characteristics of an airplane, tests were conducted in the N.A.C.A. full-scale wind tunnel on the Fairchild F-22 airplane first with normal commercial finish of wing surface and later with the same wing polished. Comparison of the characteristics of the airplane with the two surface conditions shows that the polish caused a negligible change in the lift curve, but reduced the minimum drag coefficient by 0.… more
Date: April 1934
Creator: DeFrance, S. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Preliminary Motion-Picture Study of Combustion in a Compression-Ignition Engine

Description: "Motion pictures were taken at 1,850 frames per second of the spray penetration and combustion occurring in the N.A.C.A. combustion apparatus arranged to operate as a compression-ignition engine. Indicator cards were taken simultaneously with the motion pictures by means of the N.A.C.A. optical indicator. The motion pictures showed that when ignition occurred during injection it started in the spray envelope. If ignition occurred after injection cut-off, however, and after considerable mixing h… more
Date: April 1934
Creator: Buckley, E. C. & Waldron, C. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Aerodynamic Analysis of the Gyroplane Rotating-Wing System

Description: "An aerodynamic analysis of the gyroplane rotating-wing system is presented herein. This system consists of a freely rotating rotor in which opposite blades are rigidly connected and allowed to rotate or feather freely about their span axis. Equations have been derived for the lift, the lift-drag ratio, the angle of attack, the feathering angles, and the rolling and pitching moments of a gyroplane rotor in terms of its basic parameters" (p. 1).
Date: March 1934
Creator: Wheatley, John B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic Rolling and Yawing Moments Produced by Floating Wing-Tip Ailerons, as Measured by Spinning Balance

Description: From Summary: "The investigation described in this report was made to determine the effectiveness of floating wing-tip ailerons as an airplane control in the spin. In these tests the ailerons, not being balanced, were set parallel to the axis of rotation, which is probably very nearly the attitude that balanced floating ailerons would assume in a spin. Rolling - and yawing moment coefficients are given as measured for the model with and without the ailerons, and computed values are given for th… more
Date: March 1934
Creator: Bamber, Millard J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Torsional Stiffness of Thin Duralumin Shells Subjected to Large Torques

Description: "This report gives a simple method of estimating the torsional stiffness of thin shells, such as box beams or stressed-skin wings under large torque loads. A general efficiency chart for shells in torsion is established, based on the assumption that the efficiency of the web sheet in resisting deformation decreases linearly with the average stress. The chart is used to calculate the torsional deflections of eight box beams, a test wing panel, and a complete wing; the results of the calculations… more
Date: July 1934
Creator: Kuhn, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tank tests of auxiliary vanes as a substitute for planing area

Description: The results of towing tests made on two models at the request of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, are presented. The first model represents the hull of the U.S. Navy PN-8 flying boat, in which the sponsors of the original hull are removed and auxiliary lifting vanes are fitted at the chines immediately forward of the main step. The tests showed that the altered form gave a large increase in hump resistance and a very undesirable spray formation through a large part of the speed range. more
Date: February 1934
Creator: Parkinson, John B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tank tests of a family of flying-boat hulls

Description: "This report presents towing tests made in the N.A.C.A. tank of a parent form and five variations of a flying-boat hull. The beams of two of the derived forms were made the same as that of the parent and the lengths changed by increasing and decreasing the spacing of stations. The lengths of the two others of the derived forms were made the same as that of the parent while the beams were changed by increasing and decreasing the spacing of buttocks, all other widths being changed in proportion. … more
Date: February 1934
Creator: Shoemaker, James M. & Parkinson, John B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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