Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 5 Issue 7

Strapline:

An International Journal
Subjects:

Table of contents

A New Landplane Speed Contest: The Lessons and Importance of the Deutsch Cup

TO those who remember the “good old days” and treasure memories of the glories of the Gordon Bennett Cup races of Rheims and after there has been something sad in the practically…

The Deutsch de la Meurthe Cup: An Account of the Race, with Descriptions of the Aeroplanes and Engines Entered

R.J. de Marolles

AVIATION is still young and requires more urgently than any other form of mechanical sport the incentive of pure speed competitions. Strangely enough, there have not been many of…

A New British Diesel Engine: Details of the Nine‐Cylinder Radial Bristol Phoenix Compression‐Ignition Engine

ONE of the experimental aeroplanes shown at the Royal Air Force Display on June 24th was a Westland Wapiti fitted with the new Bristol Phoenix compression‐ignition engine.

Longitudinal Stability in Aeroplanes: A Summary of Mathematical Theory taking Account of Interferences

L.W. Bryant

THE mathematical theory of longitudinal stability appears to have been adequate to explain the salient features of the behaviour of aeroplanes in longitudinal motion. In general…

The Wolseley‐Morris Engine: The 185 h.p. Wolseley A.R.9 Fully Described and Illustrated

THE Wolseley A.R.9 engine is a nine‐cylinder air‐cooled radial rated at 185 h.p.

Stresses in Metal‐Covered Planes: Case of a Thin Rectangular Tube under Torsion with One Cross Section completely Restrained

E.H. Atkin

THE advent of the metal‐ and ply‐covered plane has caused a number of one‐time academic problems in the theory of torsion to become of practical interest to the aircraft designer…

Research Reports and Memoranda

Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Technical Notes of the U.S. National Advisory…

Month in the Patent Office: A Selection of the More Important Aircraft and Engine Specifications Published Recently

The insulation extends to the back of the cylindro‐conical head of the central electrode. Longitudinal ridges 7 on the head are situated opposite or extend between narrow fingers…

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