Full-Scale Wind-Tunnel Tests on Several Metal Propellers Having Different Blade Forms
Description:
"This report gives the full-scale aerodynamic characteristics of five different aluminum alloy propellers having four different blade forms. They were tested on an open cockpit fuselage with a radial air-cooled engine having conventional cowling. The results show that (1) the differences in propulsive efficiency due to the differences in blade form were small; (2) the form with the thinnest airfoil sections had the highest efficiency; (3) it is advantageous as regards propulsive efficiency for …
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Date:
March 18, 1929
Creator:
Weick, Fred E.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department