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Wind-Tunnel Investigation of Trimming Tabs on a Thickened and Beveled Aileron on a Tapered Low-Drag Wing (open access)

Wind-Tunnel Investigation of Trimming Tabs on a Thickened and Beveled Aileron on a Tapered Low-Drag Wing

Report presenting an investigation in the 7- by 10-foot tunnel of three inset tabs and of one attached tab on the beveled aileron of a low-drag wing. The results indicated that, of the arrangements tested, an inset tab with a chord 50 percent of the aileron chord provided the most satisfactory trimming characteristics on a beveled aileron.
Date: March 1943
Creator: Rogallo, F. M. & Crandall, Stewart M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air-flow surveys in the region of the tail surfaces of a single-engine airplane equipped with dual-rotating propellers (open access)

Air-flow surveys in the region of the tail surfaces of a single-engine airplane equipped with dual-rotating propellers

From Summary: "Surveys of the air flow in the region of the tail surfaces of a single-engine pursuit-type airplane equipped with dual-rotating propellers are presented."
Date: March 1943
Creator: Sweberg, Harold H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determination of Flight Paths of an SBD-1 Airplane in Simulated Diving Attacks, Special Report (open access)

Determination of Flight Paths of an SBD-1 Airplane in Simulated Diving Attacks, Special Report

An investigation has been made to determine the motions of and the flight paths describe by a Navy dive-bombing airplane in simulated diving attacks. The data necessary to evaluate these items, with the exception of the atmospheric wind data, were obtained from automatic recording instruments installed entirely within the airplane. The atmospheric wind data were obtained from the ground by the balloon-theodolite method. The results of typical dives at various dive angles are presented in the form of time histories of the motion of the airplane as well as flight paths calculated with respect to still air and with respect to the ground.
Date: March 1943
Creator: Johnson, Harold I.
System: The UNT Digital Library