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Flight Tests of a Curtiss No. 838-1C2-18 Three-Blade Propeller Having Trailing-Edge Extensions (open access)

Flight Tests of a Curtiss No. 838-1C2-18 Three-Blade Propeller Having Trailing-Edge Extensions

"Flight tests to determine propeller performance have been made of a Curtiss No. 838-102-18 three-blade propeller having trailing-edge extensions on a Republic P-47D-28 airplane in climb and high speed. These tests are a part of a general propeller flight-test program at the Langley Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Results of climb tests indicate that when power is changed from approximately 1475 horsepower at 2550 rpm (roughly normal power) to 2400 horsepower at 2700 rpm (approximately military power) there is a loss in propeller efficiency of 3 percent at an altitude of 7000 feet, and 4 percent at 21,000 feet" (p. 1).
Date: July 16, 1947
Creator: Gardner, John J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Lift Buffet Characteristics Obtained From Flight Tests of Unswept Thin Intersecting Surfaces and of Thick 35 Degree Sweptback Surfaces (open access)

Low-Lift Buffet Characteristics Obtained From Flight Tests of Unswept Thin Intersecting Surfaces and of Thick 35 Degree Sweptback Surfaces

Report presenting testing of two rocket-propelled research models to determine the effect of the intersection of thin aerodynamic surfaces and the effect of moderate sweepback of thick aerodynamic surfaces on low-lift buffeting. Results regarding trim changes and drag are also provided. It was discovered that low-lift buffeting may be induced at high subsonic speeds by interference due to the intersection of thin aerodynamic surfaces.
Date: January 16, 1953
Creator: Mason, Homer P.
System: The UNT Digital Library