Cooling tests of a single-row radial engine with several NACA cowlings (open access)

Cooling tests of a single-row radial engine with several NACA cowlings

The cooling of a single-row radial air-cooled engine using several cowling arrangements has been studied in the NACA 20-foot wind tunnel. The results show the effect of the propeller and several cowling arrangements on cooling for various values of the indicated horsepower in the climb condition. A table giving comparative performance of the various cowling arrangements is presented. The dependence of temperature on indicated horsepower and pressure drop across the baffles is shown by charts. Other charts show the limiting indicated horsepower against the pressure drop across the engine and the heat dissipated at various values of the indicated horsepower.
Date: August 20, 1936
Creator: Brevoort, M. J.; Stickle, George W. & Ellerbrock, Herman H., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The effect of lateral controls in producing motion of an airplane as computed from wind-tunnel data (open access)

The effect of lateral controls in producing motion of an airplane as computed from wind-tunnel data

This report presents the results of an analytical study of the lateral controllability of an airplane in which both the static rolling and yawing moments supplied by the controls and the reactions due to the inherent stability of the airplane have been taken into account. The investigation was undertaken partly for the purpose of coordinating the results of a long series of wind-tunnel investigations with phenomena observed in flight tests; for this reason a hypothetical average airplane, embodying the essential characteristics of both wind-tunnel models and the full-size test airplanes, was assumed for the study.
Date: April 20, 1936
Creator: Weick, Fred E. & Jones, Robert T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Forces and Moments Acting on Parts of the XN2Y-1 Airplane During Spins (open access)

The Forces and Moments Acting on Parts of the XN2Y-1 Airplane During Spins

"The magnitudes of the yawing moments produced by various parts of an airplane during spins have previously been found to be of major importance in determining the nature of the spin. Discrepancies in resultant yawing moments determined from model and full-scale tests, however, have indicated the probable importance of scale effect on the model. In order to obtain data for a more detailed comparison between full-scale and model results, flight tests were made to determine the yawing moments contributed by various parts of an airplane in spins. The inertia moment was determined by the usual measurement of the spinning motion, and the aerodynamic yawing moments on the fuselage, fin, and rudder were determined by pressure-distribution measurements over these parts of the airplane" (p. 305).
Date: February 20, 1936
Creator: Scudder, N. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library