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Flight Measurements of Lift and Drag for the Bell X-1 Research Airplane Having a 10-Percent-Thick Wing (open access)

Flight Measurements of Lift and Drag for the Bell X-1 Research Airplane Having a 10-Percent-Thick Wing

Report presenting drag coefficients during power-off transonic flight for the Bell X-1 airplane with a 10-percent-thick wing over a range of Mach numbers and pressure altitudes. The data was compared to an X-1 with an 8-percent-thick wing and a wind tunnel test with a 10-percent-thick wing. Information about necessary angle of attack, drag-rise Mach number, maximum lift-drag ratio, and drag coefficient at zero lift is provided.
Date: September 3, 1953
Creator: Saltzman, Edwin J.
System: The UNT Digital Library