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Inherent Stability of Helicopters
The equilibrium, in still air, of a "stationary" helicopter (i.e., of one having neither vertical nor translational velocity, but a tendency to remain practically motionless within restricted limits of space) presents some difficulty in practice and justifies a theoretical investigation of its "inherent stability," i.e., independent of the pilot.
Date:
October 1923
Creator:
Crocco, G. Arturo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Shortening the Landing Run
Methods for shortening the landing run are discussed as well as the need for more emergency landing fields that will, by necessity, have to be short fields.
Date:
October 1923
Creator:
Warner, Edward P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Vertical Accelerometer, a New Instrument for Air Navigation
This report endeavors to show the possibility of determining the rate of acceleration and the advantage of having such an accelerometer in addition to other aviation instruments. Most of the discussions concern balloons.
Date:
October 1923
Creator:
Laboccetta, Letterio
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nieuport-Astra Parachute Contest
Report presenting a description of a parachute design contest. The object of this contest was to obtain a parachute of light weight and small bulk, suitable for airplanes. The primary areas of focus were safety, ability to be installed on airplanes, speed, materials, and behavior of the parachutes in the air.
Date:
October 1923
Creator:
Philippe, J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library