Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Number of Modified NACA Four-Digit-Series Airfoil Sections (open access)

Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Number of Modified NACA Four-Digit-Series Airfoil Sections

Theoretical pressure distributions and measured lift, drag, and pitching moment characteristics at three values of Reynolds number are presented for a group of NACA four-digit-series airfoil sections modified for high-speed applications. The effectiveness of flaps applied to these airfoils and the effect of standard leading-edge roughness were also investigated at one value of Reynolds number. Results are also presented of tests of three conventional NACA four-digit-series airfoil sections.
Date: November 14, 1947
Creator: Loftin, Laurence K., Jr. & Cohen, Kenneth S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wing-flow tests of a triangular wing of aspect ratio two 1: effectiveness of several types of trailing-edge flaps on flat-plate models (open access)

Wing-flow tests of a triangular wing of aspect ratio two 1: effectiveness of several types of trailing-edge flaps on flat-plate models

Report presenting an investigation of the problem of applying controls to low-aspect-ratio wings of triangular plan form by using the NACA wing-flow method with parallel-sided models with sharp leading and trailing edges. Results regarding the data analysis, Reynolds number and separation effects, flap effectiveness, plan-form characteristics, angle of zero lift, and triangular plan-form flying-wing characteristics are provided.
Date: November 14, 1947
Creator: Rathert, George A., Jr. & Cooper, George E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimation of the forces and moments acting on inclined bodies of revolution of high fineness ratio (open access)

Estimation of the forces and moments acting on inclined bodies of revolution of high fineness ratio

Report presenting a discussion of the aerodynamic forces and moments on inclined bodies of revolution. An approximate theory to allow for the effects of viscosity is developed and applied. Results regarding the variation of lift and pitching moment, and center of gravity are provided.
Date: November 14, 1949
Creator: Allen, H. Julian
System: The UNT Digital Library
The effects of sweepback on longitudinal characteristics of a 1/30-scale semispan model of the Bell X-5 airplane as determined from NACA wing-flow tests at transonic speeds (open access)

The effects of sweepback on longitudinal characteristics of a 1/30-scale semispan model of the Bell X-5 airplane as determined from NACA wing-flow tests at transonic speeds

Report presenting tests using the NACA wing-flow method to determine the effect of sweepback angle on the longitudinal characteristics of a scale semispan model of the Bell X-5 variable-sweep airplane at a range of Mach numbers. Lift, drag, and pitching moments were obtained for a range of angles of attack.
Date: November 14, 1952
Creator: Kolnick, Joseph J. & Kennedy, Robert M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation at high subsonic speeds of bodies mounted from the wing of an unswept-wing-fuselage model, including measurements of body loads (open access)

Investigation at high subsonic speeds of bodies mounted from the wing of an unswept-wing-fuselage model, including measurements of body loads

Report presenting an investigation with the dual purpose of determining the effect of two bodies in various positions, symmetrically located from the plane of symmetry, on the aerodynamic characteristics of a wing-fuselage model and determining the aerodynamic loads on one of two bodies. Some of the most significant effects were obtained for the direct-mounted tip bodies which gave a large increase in the lift-curve slope of the basic model.
Date: November 14, 1952
Creator: Silvers, H. Norman & King, Thomas J., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of a 1/4 Scale Model of the Republic F-105 Airplane in the Langley 19-Foot Pressure Tunnel: Longitudinal Stability and Control and Horizontal-Tail Hinge-Moment and Normal-Force Characteristics of the Model Equipped With a Drooped Supersonic-Type Elliptical Wing-Root Inlet (open access)

Investigation of a 1/4 Scale Model of the Republic F-105 Airplane in the Langley 19-Foot Pressure Tunnel: Longitudinal Stability and Control and Horizontal-Tail Hinge-Moment and Normal-Force Characteristics of the Model Equipped With a Drooped Supersonic-Type Elliptical Wing-Root Inlet

Report presenting testing of the Republic F-105 at low speeds to determine the results of additional longitudinal stability tests of measurements of the hinge moments and normal force of the all-movable horizontal tail on a model equipped with a supersonic-type elliptical wing-root inlet.
Date: November 14, 1955
Creator: Cancro, Patrick A. & Kelly, H. Neale
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Low-Speed Flight Characteristics of a 1/15-Scale Model of the Convair XB-58 Airplane (open access)

Investigation of the Low-Speed Flight Characteristics of a 1/15-Scale Model of the Convair XB-58 Airplane

Report presenting an investigation of the low-speed stability and control characteristics of a 1/15-scale free-flying model of the Convair XB-58 airplane. Results regarding the longitudinal stability and control and a pod-drop investigation are provided.
Date: November 14, 1957
Creator: Paulson, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Low-Speed Flight Characteristics of a 1/15-Scale Model of the Convair XB-58 Airplane: Coord. No. AF-AM-15 (open access)

Investigation of the Low-Speed Flight Characteristics of a 1/15-Scale Model of the Convair XB-58 Airplane: Coord. No. AF-AM-15

Memorandum presenting an investigation of the low-speed stability and control characteristics of a scale free-flying model of the Convair XB-58 airplane. The model was flown over an angle-of-attack range from 9 to 30 degrees and only relatively low-altitude conditions were simulated. The stability and control characteristics were found to be satisfactory over the range investigated with the center of gravity at the 0.25 mean aerodynamic chord.
Date: November 14, 1957
Creator: Paulson, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library