High-Speed Tests of Radial-Engine Cowlings (open access)

High-Speed Tests of Radial-Engine Cowlings

The drag characteristics of eight radial-engine cowlings have been determined over a wide speed range in the N.A.C.A. 8-foot high-speed wind tunnel. The pressure distribution over all cowlings was measured, to and above the speed of the compressibility burble, as an aid in interpreting the force tests. One-fifth-scale models of radial-engine cowlings on a wing-nacelle combination mere used in the tests.
Date: April 1939
Creator: Robinson, Russell G. & Becker, John V.
System: The UNT Digital Library