Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 13 Issue 4
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THE CINDERELLA OF THE M.A.P.
A MOST disturbing position in regard to aeronautical research in Great Britain was revealed in the course of a debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday, March 11. When we write…
Tapered Spar Frames: An Approximate Method for the Determination of the Stresses in, and Deflections of, a Fuselage
H.M.J. KittelsenTHE methods and formula outlined below are applicable to any shape of fuselage, but an elliptical one is assumed to serve as an illustration.
The Junkers Constant‐Speed Unit: A Description of the Unusual Governor used with the Airscrew Manufactured by the same Firm
James Hay StevensTHIS article is complementary to that on the new Junkers constant‐speed air‐screw and is intended to be read in conjunction with it.
Flight Load Factors: The Second of Two U.S. Civil Aeronautics Authority Reports for the Information of Pilots
(Concluded from p. 75)THERE are so many different considerations to bo kept in mind in connexion with the manœuvring load factor requirements that it might be well to begin by…
A New Twin‐Engined Fighter: A German Aeroplane which Coincides with the Latest Trend in Long‐Range Escort Designs
THE Fockc‐Wulf Fw 187 has apparently been produced to supplement the Messerschmitt Me 110—an aeroplane the relative success of which is still a matter of debate. There is no doubt…
The Jigging of Modern Airframes: A Review of Some of the Methods used by British and Foreign Manufacturers
The final examples given in last month's article—the Cornier main planes—hovered between the torsion‐box and two‐spar types of design. The first to be described in this instalment…
British Standard A.R.P. Specifications
This specification was originally published in December, 1939, and is one of a large number of Specifications for A.R.P. purposes published at the request of the Ministry of Home…
High‐Pressure Flexible Hose
High‐pressure steel‐cored hose for hydraulic, oil and petrol systems on aeroplanes has recently become available in this country from a number of different firms. By…
Tools for the Workshops
A new lifting truck for the workshop has been put on the market by E. H. Jones (Machine Tools) Ltd. We understand that the decision to manufacture this truck was the result of…
U.S. Patent Specifications
The method of making a hollow steel propeller‐blade which comprises cutting away two longitudinally‐extending adjacent zones from each of two diametrically opposite portions of a…
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