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Résumé of NACA Stability and Control Tests of the Bell P-63 Series Airplane (open access)

Résumé of NACA Stability and Control Tests of the Bell P-63 Series Airplane

Report on stability and control tests of the Bell P-63 series airplanes. Information about the spin characteristics, lateral control characteristics, longitudinal stability and control characteristics and directional stability and control characteristics is provided. A chronology of testing and detailed description of the airplane and its modifications are also provided.
Date: October 19, 1944
Creator: Johnson, Harold I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Flight Investigation of the Ice-Prevention Requirements of the United States Naval K-Type Airship (open access)

A Flight Investigation of the Ice-Prevention Requirements of the United States Naval K-Type Airship

Report discussing a research program to investigate ice prevention and elimination on airships in order to develop suitable airship ice-prevention equipment. A Naval K-type airship was equipped with photographic and meteorological tools in order to record ice formation and the propellers were outfitted with electrically heated blade shoes. Testing discovered that an airship can be flown successfully in wet snow and freezing rain with only the propellers and induction systems protected from the weather.
Date: October 19, 1945
Creator: Hillendahl, Wesley H.
System: The UNT Digital Library