Flight Measurements of the Rudder Control and Sideslip Characteristics of Four Vertical Tail Arrangements on the P-40 Series Airplanes

Flight Measurements of the Rudder Control and Sideslip Characteristics of Four Vertical Tail Arrangements on the P-40 Series Airplanes

Author: Harold I. Johnson

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Published: 1942

Total Pages: 50

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Introduction: Directional control difficulties had been experienced in P-40 series airplanes in dive demonstrations and inadvertent entry into spins in service operations. At the request of the Army Air Forces, Materiel Command, quantitative measurements of rudder trim force change with speed and power, rudder force reversals in sideslips, and rudder positions in sideslips and straight flight of a P-40E airplane were made. Quantitative measurements of these items were also made on three other vertical tail arrangements supplied by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The results of these measurements are presented in this report.


Flight Measurements of the Rudder Control and Sideslip Characteristics of Four Vertical Tail Arrangements on the P-40 Series Airplanes

Flight Measurements of the Rudder Control and Sideslip Characteristics of Four Vertical Tail Arrangements on the P-40 Series Airplanes

Author: Langley Aeronautical Laboratory

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781013399190

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A Flight Investigation of the Meteorological Conditions Conductive to the Formation of Ice on Airplanes

A Flight Investigation of the Meteorological Conditions Conductive to the Formation of Ice on Airplanes

Author: William Lewis

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Published: 1947

Total Pages: 536

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Data from flight measurements of the meteorological factors related to the intensity of icing conditions are presented. The physical factors that establish the distribution of liquid water in clouds of various types are discussed and the results of the analysis are used to formulate certain rules for the forecasting of icing intensity. The problems of determining the range of values of the significant factors defining icing intensity for the purpose of the design of ice-protection equipment are discussed and tentative values are given.


Wartime Report

Wartime Report

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Published: 194?

Total Pages: 802

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Reproductions of reports, some declassified, of research done at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory during World War II. The order of reports does not represent when they were chronologically issued. Reference to the original version of each report is included.


Wartime Report

Wartime Report

Author: United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

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Published:

Total Pages: 376

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