"Gloster" High Lift Biplane Wings (open access)

"Gloster" High Lift Biplane Wings

"The main object of these wings was to obtain a high lift without increasing the total drag, and the idea was conceived that, by using a deep high-lift section for the top wing and a medium section for the bottom wing, the mutual interference between the two would be such as to give greater efficiency of the combination as compared with two wings of equal section" (p. 1).
Date: December 1927
Creator: Preston, H. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Duralumin - Defects and Failures (open access)

Duralumin - Defects and Failures

It is proposed in this paper to identify some of the defects and failures in duralumin most frequently encountered by the aircraft industry with a view to indicate their importance. The defects and failures in duralumin may be classified into the following groups: 1) defects produced during manufacture; 2) defects produced during fabrication; 3) corrosion and erosion; and 4) fatigue failures. Only the first two will be covered in this report.
Date: December 1927
Creator: Nelson, Wm.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments on Airfoils With Aileron and Slot (open access)

Experiments on Airfoils With Aileron and Slot

The present report contains the results of a few experiments on three airfoils to which the rear portions, having chords respectively 1/4, 1/3, and 2/5 of the total chords, are hinged so as to form ailerons, especial attention being given to the shape of the slot between the aileron and the main portion of the aileron.
Date: November 1927
Creator: Betz, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airfoil lift with changing angle of attack (open access)

Airfoil lift with changing angle of attack

From Summary: "Tests have been made in the atmospheric wind tunnel of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to determine the effects of pitching oscillations upon the lift of an airfoil. It has been found that the lift of an airfoil, while pitching, is usually less than that which would exist at the same angle of attack in the stationary condition, although exceptions may occur when the lift is small or if the angle of attack is being rapidly reduced. It is also shown that the behavior of a pitching airfoil may be qualitatively explained on the basis of accepted aerodynamic theory."
Date: September 1927
Creator: Reid, Elliott G.
System: The UNT Digital Library