An Investigation of the Low-Speed Stability and Control Characteristics of a 1/10-Scale Model of the McDonnell XF3H-1 Airplane (open access)

An Investigation of the Low-Speed Stability and Control Characteristics of a 1/10-Scale Model of the McDonnell XF3H-1 Airplane

Report presenting an investigation of the low-speed, power-off stability and control characteristics of a model of the McDonnell XF3H-1 airplane. Flight testing occurred in the clean and slat- and flaps-extended conditions over a range of lift coefficients.
Date: October 11, 1951
Creator: Draper, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Low-Speed Stability and Control Characteristics of a 1/10-Scale Model of the McDonnell XF3H-1 Airplane: TED No. NACA DE 344 (open access)

An Investigation of the Low-Speed Stability and Control Characteristics of a 1/10-Scale Model of the McDonnell XF3H-1 Airplane: TED No. NACA DE 344

"At the request of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, an investigation of the low-speed, power-off stability and control characteristics of a 1/10-scale model of the McDonnell XF3H-1 airplane has been made in the Langley free-flight tunnel. Flight tests of the model in the clean and in the slats-and-flaps-extended conditions were made over a lift-coefficient range from about 0.5 through the stall. Only low-altitude conditions were simulated and no attempt was made to determine the effect on the stability characteristics of freeing the controls" (p. 1).
Date: October 11, 1951
Creator: Draper, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library