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Wind-tunnel research comparing lateral control devices, particularly at high angles of attack 4: floating tip ailerons on rectangular wings

Description: "This report is the fourth of a series on systematic tests conducted which compares lateral control devices with particular reference to their effectiveness at high angles of attack. The present report covers tests with floating tip ailerons on rectangular Clark y wings. Ailerons of two profiles were tested - symmetrical and Clark y, both with adjustable trailing-edge flaps. Each form was tested at three hinge-axis locations, both with and without vertical end plates between the ailerons and th… more
Date: February 18, 1932
Creator: Weick, Fred E. & Harris, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A flight investigation of the spinning of the NY-1 airplane with varied mass distribution and other modifications, and an analysis based on wind-tunnel tests

Description: This report presents the results of an investigation of the spinning characteristics of NY-1 naval training biplane. The results of flight tests and an analysis based on wind-tunnel test data are given and compared. The primary purpose of the investigation was the determination in flight of the effect of changes in mass distribution along the longitudinal axis, without change of mass quantity or centroid. Other effects were also investigated, such as those due to wing loading, center-of-gravity… more
Date: June 18, 1932
Creator: Scudder, Nathan F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind-tunnel research comparing lateral control devices, particularly at high angles of attack 2: slotted ailerons and frise ailerons

Description: Three model wings, two with typical slotted ailerons and one with typical frise ailerons, have been tested as part of a general investigation on lateral control devices with particular reference to their effectiveness at high angles of attack, in the 7 by 10 foot wind tunnel of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Force tests, free-autorotation tests, and forced-rotation tests were made which show the effect of the various ailerons on the general performance of the wing, on the late… more
Date: February 18, 1932
Creator: Weick, Fred E. & Noyes, Richard W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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