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Cowling and Cooling Tests of a Fleetwings Model 33 Airplane in Flight (open access)

Cowling and Cooling Tests of a Fleetwings Model 33 Airplane in Flight

Report presenting an investigation of the cooling of a Franklin 6-AC-29S horizontally opposed cylinder air-cooled engine installed in a Fleetwings model 33 trainer. The cowling on the airplane did not provide satisfactory cooling, but several alterations were tested, including with cylinder baffles. Results regarding engine cooling, aerodynamics of the cowling installation, and predicted versus actual cowling performance are provided.
Date: May 1944
Creator: Ellerbrock, Herman H., Jr. & Wilson, Herbert A., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a 1/20-Scale Powered Model of a Four-Engine Transport Airplane (open access)

Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a 1/20-Scale Powered Model of a Four-Engine Transport Airplane

Report presenting tests on a scale model of a four-engine transport airplane to determine the stability characteristics, empennage control-surface effectiveness, the effect of propeller rotation on longitudinal stability, and a method for carrying spare wing panels under the fuselage. The effect of two models of wing power operation on the characteristics of the model was studied. The results indicate that the model possess satisfactory stick-fixed longitudinal stability for all normal flight conditions except for high power with flaps extended.
Date: May 30, 1944
Creator: Stevens, Victor I.; Douglass, William M. & Dods, Jules B., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library