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Stability of Castering Wheels for Aircraft Landing Gears (open access)

Stability of Castering Wheels for Aircraft Landing Gears

"A theoretical study was made of the shimmy of castering wheels. The theory is based on the discovery of a phenomenon called kinematic shimmy. Experimental checks, use being made of a model having low-pressure tires, are reported and the applicability of the results to full scale is discussed. Theoretical methods of estimating the spindle viscous damping and the spindle solid friction necessary to avoid shimmy are given. A new method of avoiding shimmy -- lateral freedom -- is introduced" (p. 147).
Date: August 11, 1937
Creator: Kantrowitz, Arthur
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wind-Tunnel and Flight Tests of Slot-Lip Ailerons (open access)

Wind-Tunnel and Flight Tests of Slot-Lip Ailerons

"The slot-lip ailerons developed by the NACA consist of a flap-type spoiler with an adjoining continuously open slot. The ailerons were developed in an investigation of the delayed response, or lag, of spoiler-type lateral controls. This report presents the results of tests of these slot-lip ailerons made on wing models in the 7 by 10-foot wind tunnel, on a Fairchild 22 airplane in the full-scale wind tunnel and in flight, and on the Weick W1-A airplane in flight" (p. 537).
Date: June 11, 1937
Creator: Shortal, Joseph A.
System: The UNT Digital Library