Full-Scale Wind-Tunnel Tests of a Series of Metal Propellers on a VE-7 Airplane (open access)

Full-Scale Wind-Tunnel Tests of a Series of Metal Propellers on a VE-7 Airplane

"An adjustable blade metal propeller was tested at five different angle settings, forming a series varying in pitch. The propeller was mounted on a VE-7 airplane in the twenty-foot propeller research tunnel of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The efficiencies were found to be from 4 to 7 per cent higher than those of standard wood propellers operating under the same conditions. The results are given in convenient form for use in selecting propellers for aircraft" (p. 521).
Date: July 13, 1928
Creator: Weick, Fred E.
System: The UNT Digital Library