Report presenting an investigation at the Lewis laboratory to develop air-cooled, strut-supported turbine blades. Six blades were investigated in a full-scale turbojet engine to obtain data on blade durability and blade-cooling effectiveness and strut temperature. Results regarding the heat-transfer investigation and blade-durability investigation are provided.

Report presenting the steady-state performance of the YJ73-GE-3 turbojet engine in an altitude test chamber for a range of exhaust-nozzle areas, simulated altitudes, and Mach numbers. A method of performance calculation based on engine pumping characteristics is provided. Results regarding performance maps, pumping characteristics and performance prediction, thrust correlation, effect of inlet temperature on performance, calculated performance from pumping characteristics, and altitude-ignition characteristics are provided.

Report discussing testing on a supersonic-type propeller designed for a forward Mach number of 0.95, advance ratio of 2.2, and power coefficient of 0.26. Thrust distributions were found to be smooth and uniform over a range of Mach numbers, indicating efficient operation.

Report presenting measurements of the normal force and pitching moment of a rectangular tail surface at Mach 1.9 to determine the interference effects due to trailing shock waves from an axisymmetric body with a jet exiting from a sonic nozzle in the base. The data were obtained at various jet pressure ratios and locations of tail with respect to the body. Results regarding tail location, tail pitching moment, and tail-shock-wave effects on base pressure are provided.

Memorandum presenting flight tests conducted with an F-86D airplane equipped with a director-type radar fire-control system with scope presentation of the attack display. The effects of two attack-computer parameters and one attack-display parameter on the tracking performance in the manual mode of operation were investigated. Results regarding fixed-sight tracking and tracking with scope presentation are provided.

Memorandum presenting an aerodynamic design-point analysis of one-spool turbojet engines with one-stage turbines with one and with two rows of downstream stator blades. The object of the analysis was to evaluate the design characteristics of the turbines in comparison with conventional one- and two-stage turbines, to determine the extent to which exit whirl can be increased before causing weight-flow capacity to decrease, and to determine the effect of downstream stators on engine design limitations.

Injection techniques for fluorine, oxygen, and heptane in 200-pound thrust rocket engine.

Report discussing an investigation of the effect of curved speed brakes on the drag characteristics and longitudinal stability and control characteristics of a model of the MX-1554A with a circular jet nozzle. The speed brakes were tested at several deflections, gaps, and locations in the landing configuration and clean configuration. Results of a lateral- and directional-stability study due to reduction in the vertical tail area are also provided.

Report on an investigation to determine the erect and inverted spin and recovery characteristics of a model of the North American FJ-4 airplane. The testing found that either a flat-type of steep-type spin may be obtained when the airplane is spinning erect. The optimum recovery technique from inverted spins was full rudder reversal with simultaneous movement of the ailerons to full with the stick maintained full forward.

"A 1/13-scale model of the forebody of the Republic F-105 with twin-duct wing-root inlets was tested in the Langley 4- by 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel through a range of angle of attack from -4 deg to 15 deg at a Mach number of 2.01 and a Reynolds number of approximately 3.4 x 10(exp 6) per foot. The tests were made with four configurations which incorporated varying amounts of sweep and stagger of the inlet leading edges, modifications to the areas of the boundary-layer diverter floor plate, and modifications to the area of the boundary-layer diverter bleed slots. The highest overall pressure recovery at an angle of attack of 0 deg (average total-pressure recovery, 0.84 mass-flow ratio, 0.98) was achieved with configuration having an inlet leading-edge sweep angle of 58 deg with no leading-edge stagger" (p. 1).

Memorandum presenting an analysis to indicate the feasibility of the supercritical water compressor jet cycle for nuclear powered aircraft. Performance values of the cycle are given for a range of design-point engine operating conditions and subsonic flight conditions.

Memorandum presenting the results of a wind-tunnel investigation of the static stability and control characteristics of a model of a fighter airplane employing a low-aspect-ratio swept-back wing with trailing-edge elevons, a swept-back vertical tail, but no horizontal tail. The results indicated that, for the test conditions at which the investigation was conducted, the model, with elevons undeflected, was longitudinally and directionally stable.

Memorandum presenting the effectiveness of a body flare as a pitch-stabilizing device and a body flap as a pitch-control device investigated experimentally at Mach numbers from 3.00 to 6.25. The basic test body was rotationally symmetric and consisted of a fineness ratio 3 nose followed by a fineness ratio 9 afterbody. Results regarding the stability of the flared body, effect of body flap on lift and drag, trim conditions, flow visualization studies, and comparison of theory and experiment are provided.

Report presenting static tests on the compatibility of gaseous fluorine with various liquids, solid plastics, waxes, and greases at pressures of 0 and 1500 pounds per square inch gage and atmospheric temperature. Several materials were found to be compatible at atmospheric pressure, but only Teflon and ruby were compatible under static conditions at 1500 pounds per square inch gage.

Memorandum presenting the static lateral-directional stability characteristics of several airplane models recently investigated which cover many of the geometric arrangements of high-speed airplane components of current interest. The results are limited to the most pertinent aerodynamic phenomena contributing to the lateral-directional characteristics of each airplane type. Results for five different models are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation to determine the drag, longitudinal stability, and lateral stability characteristics of a model of a fighter-type airplane. Several modifications were made to the model in an attempt to eliminate pitch-up.

Memorandum presenting a transonic flutter investigation of models of the all-movable horizontal tail of a fighter airplane in the transonic blowdown tunnel. The models were dynamically and elastically scaled by criteria which provide a flutter safety margin. Results regarding some general comments, simulated airplane tests, effects of pitch stiffness with rearward pitch axis, and effect of pitch-axis location are provided.

Memorandum presenting forces and moments measured at Mach number 1.6 in the 4- by 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel on bombs of fineness ratios 7.0 and 10.5 in the presence of a swept-wing fighter-bomber airplane configuration for a large number of positions under the fuselage. The results can be used to calculate bomb-drop paths.

The results of flow tests on a drawbar for the General Electric reactor segment test in the MTR are reported. The drawbar is a T-shaped obstruction located as close to the upstream face of the reactor test segment as possible without serious flow distortion ; the drawbar is required for instrumentation leads and segment insertion and removal in the MTR. The effect of drawbar upstream distance on velocity distribution across the segment face is evaluated for several Reynolds numbers.

Report presenting an investigation of the low-speed static longitudinal and lateral stability characteristics of a model with an M-wing in mid and high positions and with three horizontal-tail heights. The wing had its sweep discontinuity at 40-percent wing semispan, an aspect ratio of 6, a taper ratio of 0.60, NACA 65A009 airfoil sections parallel to the plane of symmetry, and 45 degrees sweep of the quarter-chord lines. Results regarding longitudinal stability characteristics and lateral stability characteristics are provided.

A cermet composition was investigated as a potential material for gas-turbine blades. Blades of HS-21 alloy were also operated in the engine simultaneously to provide a basis of comparison. The cermet blades survived as long as approximately 312-1/2 hours at about 1500 degrees F with an average midspan centrifugal stress of approximately 11,500 psi.

Report presenting calculations of the initial inclination of the mixing boundary separating an exhausting supersonic jet from an external supersonic stream as a function of jet static-pressure ratio.

"A tip section of a delta wing having an NACA 0004-65 airfoil section and a 600 leading-edge sweepback was equipped with a porous leading-edge section through which hot gas was bled for anti-icing. Heating rates for anti-icing were determined for a wide range of icing conditions. The effects of gas flow through the porous leading-edge section on airfoil pressure distribution and drag in dry air were investigated" (p. 1).

Memorandum presenting an investigation conducted in the icing research tunnel to determine the icing characteristics, the effects of icing on radar operation, and the protection requirements for two radome configurations. The radomes were for the F-89 airplane and were investigated at airspeeds up to 290 miles per hour, air total temperatures from -15 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit, water contents up to 1.0 gram per cubic meter, and angles of attack of 0 and 4 degrees.