Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 15 Issue 3

IDENTIFYING STEEL SCRAP

ALL who are concerned with the manufacture of components from steel have from time to time met mysterious instances of the material proving unwontedly intractable and displaying…

New Fleet Air Arm Types

The Grumman Tarpon TFB‐1 (better known by its U.S. Navy name “Avenger”) is almost unique among recent American types in that it was in service, and actually in action at Midway…

A New Law for Calculating Drag: The Resistance of a Smooth Flat Plate with Turbulent Boundary Layer

V.M. Falkner

IN this paper an examination is made of some of the evidence on which the resistance law of a smooth flat plate with turbulent boundary layer is based. It is shown that a power…

Icing in Induction Systems

Leo. B. Kimball

THE history of carburettor icing dates back over 20 years. The earliest report which we have is a paper published in 1920 by S. W. Sparrow, then of the National Bureau of…

British Reports on German Aeroplanes: VIII. The Focke‐Wulf FW 190

THE Fw 190 is a single‐seater low wing monoplane of monocoque construction, except for the control surfaces which are fabric covered. The wing is constructed as a single unit with…

Practical Workshop Classification of Steels

E. Skerry, L.W. Hicks

THE purpose of this article is to describe two methods, which may be employed independently of chemical analysis and within their limitations, to classify steels.

Quality Control in Production Engineering

H. RISSIK

THE first part of this article, published in last month's issue of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, laid stress on the importance of the technique of quality control to modern production…

U.S. Patent Specifications

In combination with dirigible craft provided with means for directing the same, power mechanism for actuating said directing means and means sensitive to turn of the craft, means…