Preliminary experimental investigation of airfoils in cascade (open access)

Preliminary experimental investigation of airfoils in cascade

Report presenting information about airfoils in cascade, including the angle through which the air is turned and where the cascade losses are located.
Date: July 1942
Creator: Kantrowitz, Arthur & Daum, Fred L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Lift and Drag Measurements of a Representative Bomber Nacelle on a Low-Drag Wing (open access)

Some Lift and Drag Measurements of a Representative Bomber Nacelle on a Low-Drag Wing

Report presenting testing of a representative bomber nacelle on a low-drag wing in the NACA two-dimensional tunnel. The adverse or interference effects of the nacelle on the low-drag wing were small.
Date: May 1942
Creator: Ellis, Macon C., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Lift and Drag Measurements of a Representative Bomber Nacelle on a Low-Drag Wing 2 (open access)

Some Lift and Drag Measurements of a Representative Bomber Nacelle on a Low-Drag Wing 2

"Tests of a second representative bomber nacelle on a low-drag wing at a large value of the Reynolds number were made in the NACA two-dimensional low-turbulence pressure tunnel. Results show the drag and interference of the nacelle on the low-drag wing to be small" (p. 1).
Date: September 1942
Creator: Ellis, Macon C., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construction of Finned Aluminum Muffs for Aircraft Engine Cylinder Barrels (open access)

Construction of Finned Aluminum Muffs for Aircraft Engine Cylinder Barrels

"This report describes the material, cutting-tool development, and machining procedure used in constructing an air-cooled cylinder barrel having a cooling muff with 2-inch fins spaced 1/8 inch. Details of two types of thread form used for the barrel to head assembly with the cooling muff are also presented" (p. 1).
Date: April 1942
Creator: Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Condensation trails: Where they occur and what can be done about them (open access)

Condensation trails: Where they occur and what can be done about them

Report presenting a brief, nontechnical discussion of condensation trails for flying personnel. World maps showing trail-forming zones at different altitudes and seasons are presented. Means for suppression trails are given.
Date: September 1942
Creator: Rhode, Richard V. & Pearson, H. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interference effects of longitudinal flat plates on low-drag airfoils (open access)

Interference effects of longitudinal flat plates on low-drag airfoils

Three airfoils were tested with an intersecting flat plate normal to the span as a preliminary study of interference effects on airfoils. Small interference effects were noted on the first two airfoils, while larger effects were noted on the NACA 66,2-422 section, which had previously been shown to be unconservative with respect to separation. Airfoils known to be conservative should be used for inboard sections subject to nacelle and fuselage interference.
Date: November 1942
Creator: Abbott, Ira H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on the Effects of Trailing-Edge Shapes of Low-Drag Airfoils on Profile Drag and the Trim and Balance of Control Surfaces (open access)

Notes on the Effects of Trailing-Edge Shapes of Low-Drag Airfoils on Profile Drag and the Trim and Balance of Control Surfaces

Report presenting measurements of drag, lift, and aileron hinge moments on a 100-inch-chord model with various modifications to the trailing edge of the 0.20c Frise type aileron. The purpose of the data is to show qualitatively the effects of comparatively small modifications to the trailing edge of an aileron.
Date: March 1942
Creator: Underwood, W. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Extreme Leading-Edge Roughness on Thick Low-Drag Airfoils to Indicate Those Critical to Separation (open access)

Investigation of Extreme Leading-Edge Roughness on Thick Low-Drag Airfoils to Indicate Those Critical to Separation

Bulletin presenting a study of several airfoils, including a conventional NACA 23021 and some low-drag airfoils for which the thickness had been increased, as smooth airfoils and after the application of a standard roughness. The results show some of the airfoils to be critical to separation resulting from such flow disturbances.
Date: June 1942
Creator: Davidson, Milton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Variation of Lift Coefficient With Reynolds Number at a Moderate Angle of Attack on a Low-Drag Airfoil (open access)

Investigation of the Variation of Lift Coefficient With Reynolds Number at a Moderate Angle of Attack on a Low-Drag Airfoil

Bulletin presenting an investigation of the boundary layer about the NACA 66,2-216, a = 0.6 airfoil section in the two-dimensional low-turbulence tunnel. The primary purpose was to find an explanation for the decreased slope of the lift curve observed for some of the low-drag sections outside the low-drag range at low Reynolds numbers.
Date: November 1942
Creator: von Doenhoff, Albert E. & Tetervin, Neal
System: The UNT Digital Library