"An investigation has been conducted in the Langley 4- by 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel to determine the effects on the static longitudinal stability and control characteristics of various modifications to a 0.065-scale model of the Chance Vought Regulus II missile. The modifications consisted of a control housing on top of the fuselage, two sizes of canard surfaces with fixed incidence angles, various angles of nose droop, and two types of inlet boundary-layer bleed diverters. The tests were made at a Mach number of 2.01 and a Reynolds number, based on the mean aerodynamic chord of 1.54 x 10(exp 6)" (p. 1).

Memorandum presenting an analysis of a system consisting of a mercury turbine-driven air compressor a mercury condenser wherein heat was added to the compressed air. The heat addition to the mercury is accomplished in an intermediate heat exchanger (mercury boiler) which has a liquid metal, other than mercury, circulating through the opposite side and through a nuclear reactor. Results regarding the turbine-exhaust pressure, turbine-inlet pressure, condenser-inlet Mach number, effect of nacelle drag, and some general data are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation to determine the low-speed aerodynamic characteristics of a 35 degree swept-wing fighter airplane with a segmented spoiler-slot deflector lateral control system installed ahead of the conventional ailerons and operated as individual units and as combined segments. The longitudinal characteristics of the airplane and spoiler-slot-deflector effectiveness data were obtained through the complete angle-of-attack range with the ailerons neutral and with the ailerons drooped in conjunction with the normal flaps. Results regarding longitudinal characteristics, spoiler-deflector characteristics, and hinge-moment characteristics are provided.

Report presenting measurements of the thermal distortion of a stainless-steel clad, cadmium-silver reactor control rod. The temperature pattern of the rod is described. The maximum reduction in clearance obtained in the tests was 0.203 inch.

Report presenting an investigation of the release characteristics of several dynamically scaled store shapes from a simulated bomb bay at Mach numbers of 1.39, 1.60, and 1.98. A streamline store, a blunt-nose store with wedge-type fins of low aspect ratio, and a bluff store with a skirt were tested. Results regarding pitching motions, ejection velocity, effect of increase in altitude, and addition of plate or spike to the nose of the store are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation conducted to measure and compare the total-pressure recovery and distortion characteristics at the compressor face of two single-place fighter-type airplanes with similar two-spool turbojet engines, but with dissimilar inlets. The total-pressure recovery was relatively independent of angle of attack and mass-flow ratio for both airplanes except for a significant decrease in pressure recovery with angle of attack for airplane B at the highest Mach numbers tested.

Skin temperature and surface pressure of blunted cone-cylinder-flare configuration free flight test vehicle to hypersonic speeds.

Memorandum presenting an empirical cooling correlation for an experimental high-performance afterburner. The correlation relates the average combustion-chamber wall temperature at a station near the combustion-chamber outlet to the temperatures of the cooling air and combustion gas, and to the mass flows of the cooling air and combustion gas.

Memorandum presenting an investigation at Mach numbers of 1.61 and 2.01 to examine the characteristics of a series of nine spoiler-type controls on a trapezoidal wing with the leading edge swept back 23 degrees, an aspect ratio of 3.1, and a taper ratio of 0.4. Results regarding pressure distributions, spanwise loadings, and integrated coefficients are provided.

Report presenting tests of an NACA 4-(5)(08)-03 two-blade propeller in the 8-foot high-speed tunnel for blade angles of 45 and 60 degrees extending the Mach number range from that of previous tests of the propeller up to Mach number 0.913. When the forward speed was increased from a low value to a forward Mach number of 0.90, the loss in peak efficiency was found to be not more than 47 percent.

Report presenting flight tests of rocket-powered models at supersonic speeds to determine the effect of nose fineness ratio of winged bodies on total and component drag at high Mach numbers. Wingless models of three nose fineness ratios and winged models of two nose fineness ratios flown through a range of Mach numbers. Results regarding total drag, body drag, and wing drag are provided.

Report presenting the results from tank landing and take-off tests with a dynamic model of a hypothetical jet-propelled airplane equipped with NACA hydro-skis. Results regarding landing tests, take-off tests, and practical considerations for the creation of hydro-ski configurations are provided. The hydro-skis suitable for flush retraction into streamline fuselages do appear to offer a practical means of water take-offs and landings.

Report presenting a theoretical analysis of the air flow through the blade coolant passages in an air-cooled turbine rotor. The simultaneous effects of area change, compressibility, wall friction, heat transfer, and rotation were included.

Report presenting the application of an estimation of the derivative of yawing moment due to rolling to the dynamic lateral stability characteristics of the Bell X-2. Results regarding the airplane with flaps and gear retracted and airplane with flaps and gear lowered are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation of the effects of compressibility on the forces, pitching moments, and surface pressures on a wing-nacelle combination. The leading edge of the wing was swept back 37.25 degrees and the nacelle was a body of revolution with a fineness ratio of 6.5. The effects of compressibility on the surface pressures and on the drag of a body of revolution similar to the nacelle were also determined.

Report presenting data gathered on a lateral-trim change or wing dropping that involves a rapid change of lateral trim with Mach number, which has occurred on several rocket-powered models used in roll investigations at transonic speeds. The data in this report demonstrates that straight wings with airfoil sections 9 percent thick or greater are susceptible to wing dropping between Mach numbers of 0.9 and 1.0. Results for straight, sweptback, and delta wings are provided.

Report presenting wind-tunnel testing to determine the low-speed lift, drag, and pitching-moment characteristics of a 40 degree sweptback wing with high-lift and stall-control flaps and a fuselage with a fineness ratio of 10.2 to 1. Low, medium, and high-wing-fuselage combinations were tested at high Reynolds numbers. Results regarding the high-lift and stall-control flaps and wing-fuselage combinations are provided.

Report presenting an analysis of the spanwise loading using two different methods on the wing of an airplane for which pressure-distribution measurements were available from flight tests up to a Mach number of 0.866. A comparison between measured and calculated distributions was made on the basis of equal wing-panel normal-force coefficients.

Report presenting a wind-tunnel investigation on a 42 degree sweptback-wing model to determine the lateral control characteristics of a plug-aileron configuration. The configuration consisted of six segments extending from the wing 20-percent-span to the wing 80-percent-span stations and with the center of each plug on the wing 70-percent-chord line. Results regarding wing aerodynamic characteristics and lateral control characteristics are provided.

From Summary: "Theoretical performance data including nozzle-exit temperature, specific impulse, volume specific impulse and composition, temperature, and mean molecular weight of reaction products based on frozen equilibrium and isentropic expansion are presented for 13 propellant combinations at reaction pressure of 300 pounds per square inch absolute and expansion ratio of 20.4. On basis of maximum specific impulse alone, five fuels had the following order for any given oxidant: liquid hydrogen, hydrazine, liquid ammonia, and either hydrazine hydrate or hydroxylamine. Three oxidants with a given fuel had the following order: liquid ozone, liquid oxygen, and 100-percent hydrogen peroxide."

Measured values of lift, drag, and pitching moment at a Mach number of 1.53 and Reynolds numbers of 0.31, 0.62, and 0.84 million are presented for a wing-fuselage combination having a wing leading-edge sweep angle of 63 degrees, an aspect ratio of 3.42, a taper ratio of 0.25, and an NACA 64A006 section in the stream direction. Data are also presented for sweep angles of 57.0 degrees, 60.4 degrees, 67.0 degrees, and 69.9 degrees. The experimentally determined characteristics were less favorable than indicated by the linear theory but the experimental and theoretical trends with sweep were in good agreement. Boundary-layer-flow tests showed that laminar boundary-layer separation was the primary cause of the differences between experiment and theory.

Report presenting an investigation of icing and ice protection at the inlet of a turbojet engine in the altitude wind tunnel. A method of ice protection was studied that uses hot gas bled from a turbine inlet and injected into the air stream ahead of the compressor inlet. Ice was either prevented or accumulated slowly at various engine speed levels.

Report presenting aerodynamic and icing investigations conducted in the icing research tunnel on a model of a turbojet-engine nacelle with a long straight air inlet in order to provide basic design criteria for hot-gas blowback systems. The most uniform temperature distribution was obtained with a bleedback of 4.4 percent at a gas temperature of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit and resulted in an average dry-air-temperature rise of 46 degrees Fahrenheit.

Report presenting the results of a wind-tunnel investigation of the effects of variation of trailing-edge angle and leading-edge radius on the aerodynamic characteristics of a 10-percent-chord-thick airfoil section at a range of Mach numbers.