Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 12 Issue 8

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An International Journal
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Table of contents

THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE

WE publish this month an exhaustive survey of the types of aeroplane in current use by the Regia Aeronautica. The general impression gained from a cursory inspection of the…

Some Italian Military Types: Particulars of Certain of the More Modern Service Types, Together with Notes on their Development

THIS article is not intended as a catalogue of the types at present in service with the various branches of the Regia deronautica, nor is it meant to be a historical survey of the…

The Bases of V.P. Airscrew Design: Fundamental Problems, with Particular Reference to the Principal German Types

K.A. Schmidt

THE use of the variable‐pitch airscrew has to‐day become commonplace. Its wide application permits certain facts derived from experience to be postulated and leads to new…

Rotary‐Wing Aircraft: The Final Article of a Series Summarizing the Current State of Knowledge

J.A.J. Bennett

IN last month's article, the simple case of an articulated rotating system in which the whole mass is concentrated at a single point is discussed. An approximate method will now…

Solid Organic Materials: A Survey of the Characteristics of a New Class of Materials for Use in Engineering

N.A. de Bruyne

SYNTHETIC AND OTHER PLASTICS CELLULOSE and rubber are made of long chain molecules already built up for us by nature, but in recent years we have learned to make synthetic…

Flutter Research and Design: Effects Upon the Designer of Some Results of Recent Flutter Research

J.C.K. Shipp

THE necessary manoeuvres of fighting aeroplanes in the present war may occasionally be expected to stress them beyond their strength. In addition to this, the increase in speed…

Research Reports and Memoranda

The causes of “ altitude sickness ” are enumerated and discussed, and a definition is given of the limits within which pure oxygen or mixtures of air and oxygen may be breathed at…

Junkers Stretching‐Press Technique: An Outline of the Workshop Problems connected with the System

THE processes used in forming light metals in mass‐prcduced serial work have had to keep pace with the rapid progress in all‐metal aircraft construction in recent years. During…

Modern Wooden Construction: A Series of Articles on Wooden Aeroplane Production

A.R. Weyl

COMPRESSED laminated (“ improved ”) wood is generally counted among the hardening laminated plastics; it is built up from a large number of very thin veneers (0.0–1.005 in.) which…

U.S. Patent Specifications

An aircraft instrument comprising a casing, a weight movable for a small distance between an upper and a lower stop in said casing, means for causing a pressure differential to be…

Cover of Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb