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Simple Means for Saving Fuel on Traffic Flights (open access)

Simple Means for Saving Fuel on Traffic Flights

Report presenting a discussion of ways to save fuel on traffic flights, including some calculations that can be used for determining fuel efficiency. The primary ways of lessening fuel consumption include flying with a throttled engine and diminished speed.
Date: June 1921
Creator: Kook, E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flexibility of Bearing Surfaces and Stress on Fabrics (open access)

Flexibility of Bearing Surfaces and Stress on Fabrics

Report presenting an investigation of the flexibility of bearing surfaces and stress on fabrics used in wings. Equations are given for calculating some of these loading factors.
Date: June 1921
Creator: Pröll, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abacus for the Reduction of English Measures to the Metric System and Vice Versa (open access)

Abacus for the Reduction of English Measures to the Metric System and Vice Versa

This report presents a description of an abacus with three scales: one for English measures, one for metric measures, and one with the "points of reduction", as well as construction details. There is also a detailed description on how to use the abacus.
Date: July 1921
Creator: Tenani, Mario
System: The UNT Digital Library
Establishment of Aviation Schools (open access)

Establishment of Aviation Schools

Report presenting a discussion of the creation of a suitable aviation school and some of the characteristics that should be considered in terms of hiring personnel, creating a curriculum, and obtaining equipment.
Date: November 1921
Creator: Kempe, Erich
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extracts From the Belgian Regulations for Government Assistance to Air Transport Companies (open access)

Extracts From the Belgian Regulations for Government Assistance to Air Transport Companies

Report presenting information regarding the usage of commercial and passenger service air routes and the fees and penalties involved in operating an air line.
Date: November 1921
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeronautic Instruction in Germany (open access)

Aeronautic Instruction in Germany

This report contains a list of the courses relating to aeronautics announced in Germany, both in the technical high schools and in the universities.
Date: November 1921
Creator: Bouche, Henri
System: The UNT Digital Library
The danger of stalled flight and an analysis of the factors which govern it (open access)

The danger of stalled flight and an analysis of the factors which govern it

A definition of "stalled fight" is presented as well as a detailed discussion on the how and why it occurs. Some suggestions are made to prevent its occurrence such as carrying an air speed instrument in the airplane.
Date: November 1921
Creator: Hopf, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traffic Airships With Special Reference to Economy (open access)

Traffic Airships With Special Reference to Economy

The first part of this report details the efficiency and economy of airship travel, while the second part presents methods of economic efficiency with regards to construction, cost of upkeep and operation, and the establishment of airship lines.
Date: November 1921
Creator: Leyensetter, Walther
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dependence of Propeller Efficiency on Angle of Attack of Propeller Blade (open access)

Dependence of Propeller Efficiency on Angle of Attack of Propeller Blade

In order to determine the maximum and the most favorable pitch for a propeller, it was found desirable to investigate the dependence of propeller efficiency on the angle of attack of the propeller blade. The results of a few experiments are given to show that propeller blades conduct themselves just like airplane wings with reference to the dependence of their efficiency on their angle of attack.
Date: December 1921
Creator: Borck, Hermann
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pressure Measurements During Flight (open access)

Pressure Measurements During Flight

The general idea was to record the air pressure on the spot, that is, without intervening tubes, by some simple automatic registering device. This was therefore made in such small dimensions that it could be inserted into the wing between the ribs and stand in direct connection with the pressure openings. The results of different experiments are presented along with the best locations for locating the instruments for recording the pressure.
Date: November 1921
Creator: Pröll, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Efficiency of Seaplanes (open access)

High Efficiency of Seaplanes

A table is presented which includes data for calculating the index of efficiency. The author uses this data to conclude that seaplanes cannot be considered inferior to terrestrial airplanes.
Date: August 1921
Creator: Pegna, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Problem of Landing (open access)

Problem of Landing

The author discusses various aspects of landing aircraft such as the actual process of touchdown and the problems associated with the tail skid touching the ground before the landing gear.
Date: August 1921
Creator: Pistolesi, E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculation of Wing Spars (open access)

Calculation of Wing Spars

A simplified formula for calculating wing spars is presented.
Date: August 1921
Creator: Ratzersdorfer, Julius
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculation of Wing Spars (open access)

Calculation of Wing Spars

The author presents a comparison and combination of the numerical and geometrical determinations of the maximum M, when calculating the maximum bay moment.
Date: August 1921
Creator: Müller-Breslau, H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Large German airship stations (open access)

Large German airship stations

"It is profitable to examine the organization and equipment of the German airship stations. The stations best adapted for serving as the basis of this study were chiefly constructed by the German Navy, during the war, for exclusively military purposes and do not therefore entirely satisfy the conditions of exploitation required for a civilian air service. The requisite modifications for satisfying the latter conditions may nevertheless be readily determined according to circumstances" (p. 1).
Date: August 1921
Creator: Sabatier, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shape and Strength of Seaplane Under-Structures With Special Regard to Seaworthiness (open access)

Shape and Strength of Seaplane Under-Structures With Special Regard to Seaworthiness

This report presents experiments and calculations for the purpose of determining the landing gear requirements upon the water. Moving pictures are given which furnish data and also may give both the magnitude and direction of the forces acting. Different classes of seaplanes are examined and proposals for calculation instructions are given.
Date: August 1921
Creator: Lewe, Victor
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Calculation of Cylinder Dimensions for Aircraft Engines (open access)

Preliminary Calculation of Cylinder Dimensions for Aircraft Engines

It is extremely important in building aircraft engines to determine the requisite cylinder dimensions as accurately as possible, in order that the weight required for a given power shall not be excessive. This report presents a calculation method that depends on the air requirement of the fuel.
Date: September 1921
Creator: Schwager, Otto
System: The UNT Digital Library
Glossary of Terms Used in Flying Boat Hull Construction (open access)

Glossary of Terms Used in Flying Boat Hull Construction

Memorandum presenting a glossary of terms used to describe flying boat hulls and the elements used in construction.
Date: September 1921
Creator: Nicolson, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Competition for Safety Fuel Tanks (open access)

Competition for Safety Fuel Tanks

Report describing a competition for safety fuel tanks, including the prizes, requirements that must be fulfilled, some other characteristics, tests, and regulations.
Date: September 1921
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Small Diesel Engine as an Automotive Engine (open access)

The Small Diesel Engine as an Automotive Engine

Essential principles for building small diesel engines and also structural details so far as feasibility are presented.
Date: September 1921
Creator: Frey, Ernst
System: The UNT Digital Library
A New Dynamometer Brake (open access)

A New Dynamometer Brake

The mechanism here described belongs to the class of dynamometer brake in which the motive power is transformed into heat in the brake itself. This mechanism was invented by the writer for the purpose of measuring forces in which the two factors, torque and speed, vary within broad limits, the mechanism itself being of simple construction and of still simpler operation.
Date: September 1921
Creator: Segrè, Marco
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Struts and Stays on the Speed of an Airplane (open access)

Influence of Struts and Stays on the Speed of an Airplane

Report presenting an experiment in the Rechlin airdrome in the fall of 1918 to determine the influence of struts and stays on the speed of an airplane. Results indicated that only a slight increase in horizontal speed was shown in a stayless airplane, but it had considerably greater climbing speed.
Date: October 1921
Creator: Heidelberg, V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Remarks Concerning Soaring Flight (open access)

Some Remarks Concerning Soaring Flight

The publication of the following details is due to the desire of the editor to have the problems of soaring flight treated on the occasion of the Rhone Soaring Flight Contest. Soaring flight is defined as motorless flight without loss of height. Some calculations are provided in order to maximize the potential effects of wind and air currents.
Date: October 1921
Creator: Prandtl, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Petrol-Proof Flexible Tubing at Last: An Invention of the Greatest Importance to Aviation (open access)

A Petrol-Proof Flexible Tubing at Last: An Invention of the Greatest Importance to Aviation

Report presenting a description of petrol-proof tubing and why it is so important to highly effective aircraft engines. A description of the union terminals present on the tubes is also provided.
Date: October 1921
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library