Determination From Flight Tests of Thrust Coefficients for 10 Full-Scale Airplanes in the Gliding Condition With Engine Idling (open access)

Determination From Flight Tests of Thrust Coefficients for 10 Full-Scale Airplanes in the Gliding Condition With Engine Idling

"Typical thrust and torque coefficients and increments, due to the propeller, in the ratio of the dynamic pressure at the tail to the free-stream dynamic pressure are presented for 10 full-scale airplanes. Calculations indicate that an error of about 2 percent mean aerodynamic chord appears possible in determining the neutral point from wind-tunnel tests or a model in the gliding condition if the propeller is operated at zero thrust rather than at the values of thrust coefficient indicated by the flight tests" (p. 1).
Date: June 1945
Creator: Talmage, Donald B.
System: The UNT Digital Library