Some Transonic Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Model Similar to the McDonnell F3H-2N Airplane (open access)

Some Transonic Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Model Similar to the McDonnell F3H-2N Airplane

Report discussing testing of a model of the McDonnell F3H-2N to determine its pitch-up and buffet boundaries and its longitudinal stability and control data obtainable with the pulse-tail technique. Stability was found to be less at low trim angles of attack than at high trim angles of attack up to a point. The buffet boundary was not obtainable through this testing.
Date: May 15, 1956
Creator: Crabill, Norman L. & Jackson, Bruce G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Compilation of Test Data on 111 Free-Spinning Airplane Models Tested in the Langley 15-Foot and 20-Foot Free-Spinning Tunnels (open access)

Compilation of Test Data on 111 Free-Spinning Airplane Models Tested in the Langley 15-Foot and 20-Foot Free-Spinning Tunnels

"A compilation of free-spinning-airplane model data on the spin and recovery characteristics of 111 airplanes is presented. These data were previously published in separate memorandum reports and were obtained from free-spinning tests in the Langley 15-foot and the Langley 20-foot free-spinning tunnels. The model test data presented include the steady-spin and recovery characteristics of each model for various combinations of aileron and elevator deflections and for various loadings and dimensional configurations" (p. 1).
Date: May 15, 1947
Creator: Malvestuto, Frank S., Jr.; Gale, Lawrence J. & Wood, John H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combustion performance evaluation of magnesium-hydrocarbon slurry blends in a simulated tail-pipe burner (open access)

Combustion performance evaluation of magnesium-hydrocarbon slurry blends in a simulated tail-pipe burner

Report presenting an experimental investigation to determine the combustion properties of several magnesium-hydrocarbon slurry blends and to indicate the feasibility of the application of slurry-type fuels to high-speed aircraft. High-concentration magnesium slurries showed large improvements in combustion stability and tail-pipe-burner net thrust.
Date: May 15, 1951
Creator: Tower, Leonard K. & Branstetter, J. Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altitude-performance and Reynolds number investigation of centrifugal-flow-compressor turbojet engine (open access)

Altitude-performance and Reynolds number investigation of centrifugal-flow-compressor turbojet engine

From Introduction: "Altitude-chamber and wind-tunnel investigations of the performance of turbojet engines such as those reported in references 1 to 4 have shown that the conventional correction factors fail to generalize the engine performance variables at high altitudes. An investigation was therefore made at the NACA Lewis laboratory to determine the altitude performance of the J33-A-23 turbojet engine and to demonstrate the magnitude of departure of actual altitude performance from that predicted from sea-level performance."
Date: May 15, 1951
Creator: Wilsted, H. D. & Grey, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library