Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 13 Issue 1

THE TRICYCLE UNDERCARRIAGE

WITH typical Teutonic thoroughness the article which we publish in translation form from Luftwissen this month, contains as complete data as is probably possible on the evolution…

Carburettor Tuning and Testing: Factors to be Considered and Methods used in Testing a Carburettor for a Type Engine

D. Ramsay

WHEN designing a carburettor for a given engine two main factors must be taken into consideration—the pressure drop over the carburettor and the metering characteristics. The…

Tricycle Undercarriage Development: A German Engineer's Review of the Evolution of this Component in the U.S.A.

W. Wernitz

IN the U.S.A. the development of the tricycle undercarriage has made very rapid progress. Low‐powered aeroplanes fitted with a nose‐wheel have exhibited remarkable properties and…

Oscillation of Castoring Wheels: A Simple Investigation of the Damping Required to Overcome “Shimmy” in Tricycle Undercarriages

J. Lockwood Taylor

A PROBLEM which has attracted some attention since the advent of the tricycle undercarriage is that of the tendency to oscillate or “shimmy ” sometimes shown by the nose‐wheel…

The Spot Welding of Light Alloys

Gordon H. Field, H. Sutton

The following items were examined:

The Design of Jigs for Metal Aeroplanes: A German Engineer's Notes on the Development of Jigging

F. Griebschf

WHEN, in recent years, the German all‐metal aircraft industry entered a new stage of development, the problems concerning the arrangement of jigs had to be examined anew or pushed…

U.S. Patent Specifications

In a rotating wing aircraft, a rotating wing with variable incidence blades, hand operated means for positively setting the incidence angle of said blades to cither of two…