Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 11 Issue 4
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Public Amenities and Aviation: The Recommendation of the Gorell Committee on Control of Flying
THE Report of the Committee on Control of Flying, presided over by Lord Gorell, was issued just as this number was on the point of going to press and too late to have its…
Torsion of Tapered Tubes: Effect of Various Parameters on the Stiffness of Axially Constrained and Free Ended Tapered Rectangular Tubes
J. HansonTHE stiffness of an aeroplane wing is usually considered in terms of its torsional and llexural stiffnesses as measured at the “mid‐aileron” and “equivalent tip” sections(1), (2)…
Light Metal Production in Japan: Japanese Plans Compared with the Industries Already Existing or Developing in Other Countries
J. RubinfieldDURING the second half of the year 1938 Japanese efforts to achieve great producing power in aluminium and magnesium have been very intense. Curiously enough, relatively better…
Magnesium Alloys for the Industry: The Production and Treatment of the Lightest Known Metallic Constructional Materials
A. KufferathTHE application of magnesium‐rich alloys to the numerous purposes of the aero‐plane industry continuously increases as a result of the important improvements effected in the…
The New Type of Aerofoil Section: Further Simplifications, for Designers, of the Formulae for Transformed Wing Sections
C.N.H. Lock, J.H. PrestonWITH reference to the article on the “New Transformed Wing Sections,” by Piercy, Piper and Whitehead, (P) in the November, 1938, number of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, it is of interest…
The I.Ae.S. Annual Meeting: A Summarised Report of the Principal Papers Read During the Conference
A. KleminTHE seventh annual meeting of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences had a somewhat different character from previous meetings, with greater emphasis on the instrumentation…
An Elementary Study of the Spin: A Review of Existing Knowledge on a Problem of Ever‐Present Difficulty
J.H. CroweThus, consider an unstaggered biplane at, say, 40 dug. incidence. At values of rotational speed likely to be expected in a spin it will have a iairly large positive value of…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Completing und to some extent modifying a preceding article: “Calculations of the Vortex Systems for Thin Wings” (L'Aerotecnica, June, 1937), it is shown how the procedure and…
The Skilled‐Labour Problem
W.F. WatsonTHE Government's reported decision to make a still further increase in the expansion programme over and above that already in force under Scheme L must again give prominence to…
Manufacturing Tolerances
H. ParkinsonTHE primary consideration in establishing a set of limits for use in the manufacture of any engineering product must always be closely related to the quantity of parts, or units…
Quantity Production of the Spitfire I: Notes on the System Adopted by Vickers‐Armstrongs Ltd.
A GREAT deal has been said recently about the decentralized production scheme developed by Vickers‐Armstrongs Ltd. and approved by the Air Ministry, so that we are particularly…
Air Ministry Contracts Placed in February
THE following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during February is extracted from the March issue of The Ministry of Labour Gazette:—
U.S. Patent Specifications
In combination, an internal combustion engine having a plurality cf cylinders, a hood surrounding at least a part of said cylinders, provided with apertures located opposite at…
Month in the Patent Office
An aircraft wing is provided with two flaps normally nested one above the other, each flap being adapted for alteration of angle of incidence relative to the main wing and at…
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- Prof Phil Webb