Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 12 Issue 9
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An International JournalTable of contents
A TRIAL BALANCE
IT may be interesting, particularly to readers in neutral countries, to give some impressions of the effectiveness of the enemy aeroplane attacks that have been made since the…
Longitudinal Stability and Control: A Simple Exposition of the Fundamentals Employed in this Aspect of Design
S.B. GatesIN these notes I have attempted to describe the main features of longitudinal stability and control in the simplest possible terms, omitting the mathematical apparatus which makes…
Polar Diagrams for Airscrew Design: A German Method, based on British Experiments, for the Prediction of Airscrew Performance
Ph. von DoeppIN the majority of cases, the performance of a new airscrew design is estimated by making use of other test results, already known, and which are recalculated for the particular…
Helicopter Theory: The Fundamental Problems which Govern this Form of Flight
Th. von KármánIn connexion with the series of articles on rotary‐wing aircraft by Dr. Bennett which concluded last month, our attention was called to this paper by Professor von Kármán…
Some Books Recently Received
Professor Kármán combines lucidity with penetration in accounts of his own investigations, and his surveys of research, which have been presented to conferences from time to time…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Methods are described for calculating the period and frequency of vibration of cantilever wings and similar structures in which the weight and moment of inertia vary along the…
Magnesium Alloys in the U.S.A.: The Development of the Production of Aircraft Parts in this Material
L.B. GrantTHE procedures incidental to the use of magnesium alloys are not unduly difficult or complicated, but until recently engineers in this country (U.S.A.) have been prone to use and…
The Forming of Aluminium‐Alloy Sheet
THE fundamental principles underlying the heat treatment and manipulation of aluminium alloys of high strength and quality are widely known in the aircraft industry. They have…
Modern Wooden Construction: A Series of Articles on Wooden Aeroplane Production
A.R. WeylAdhesives of this kind have in recent years become increasingly important for aeronautical purposes. This has been a consequence of the gluing processes adopted in German aircraft…
Artificial Lighting and Eyesight
G.V. DownerTHE preservation of the eyes and the ability to make the best use of them are obviously of the utmost importance to all those concerned with aviation, whether in connexion with…
Recent German Patents
Gear to change the blade angle of variable‐pitch air‐screws, while stopped or running, operated manually or by means of another source of power, consisting of a driving wheel, or…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In a device of the character described, the combination of an instrument unit, an aerial camera, sighting elements on the instrument unit selectively adjustable by the operator to…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb