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N.A.C.A. Technical Memorandum No. 454
be admitted. If entirely untested and belated aircraft are admit-
ted, the contest is hurt, in that the performances of such aircraft
can, naturally, not be the best. By frequently recurring accidents
the impression of great unreliability is produced, which hurts the
effect of the contest and the prestige of aviation in general. As
explained above, the German engines, due to the circumstance that
the seaplanes had not been sufficiently tested, acquired a bad repu-
tation which they did not merit. On the contrary, it should be re-
quired of every participating aircraft, that it should be finished
several weeks before the beginning of the contest and make a trial
or acceptance flight. The producer then has time to try out the
aircraft and the crew has the opportunity to become familiar with
it, as is essential for every contest.
The rating in future aviation contests should probably follow
somewhat the same lines as in the 1926 seaplane contest. A refine-
ment of the rating method should be sought and can doubtless be at-
tained. Moreover, all the factors must be measured which affect
the efficiency of the aircraft, whether they affect the rating or
not. In the above-described method of rating, the engine power
was eliminated and was therefore not measured. The constructo.r who
desires to utilize the lessons of the contest must, however, know
the engine power. Without it, he cannot determine why one air-
craft was better than another. In order, therefore, to make prac-
tical use of the lessons learned, there is need of more comprehen-
sive measurements, which require much time and labor.__ _ ___ ___ ~ I _____I _ _I _ ___~ ~ _~
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Seewald, F.; Blenk, H. & Liebers, F. The 1926 German Seaplane Contest, report, March 1928; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc65292/m1/14/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.