Tank Tests of a Flying-Boat Model Equipped With Several Types of Fairing Designed to Reduce the Air Drag of the Main Step
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"Tank tests were made of a flying-boat model having various types of fairing with and without ventilation ducts behind the main step to investigate the hydrodynamic characteristics of the model. All the types were designed to reduce significantly the air drag chargeable to the main step. The configuration that combined the best stability with a good aerodynamic form consisted of a shallow step and an adjoining ventilation aperture having an area about 7 percent of the square of the beam" (p. 1).
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Date:
April 1945
Creator:
Benson, James M. & Havens, Robert F.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department