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Graetzin Special Carburetor

Description: Corresponding to practical requirements, this carburetor (especially the smaller sizes) may be regarded as the smallest form of a float carburetor and is adapted for use with all small engines, including auxiliary bicycle and similar engines.
Date: February 1923
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Fixed Air-Cooled Engines

Description: "It is proposed to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of large fixed air-cooled radial engines and to explain how the problems have been solved by the Bristol Aeroplane Company" (p. 1).
Date: February 1923
Creator: Fedden, A. H.
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"Am" Gasoline Cock

Description: The "AM" cock was designed specially for gasoline pipes on vehicles using internal combustion engines (airplanes, airships, automobiles, tractors, battle "tanks", boats, etc.). The report descirbes the functioning and construction of the device.
Date: February 1923
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Technical Section of Aeronautics

Description: The duties of the Technical Section are listed along with facilities for testing. Different categories of tests are discussed and some sample results included.
Date: February 1923
Creator: Lesage, André
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Longitudinal Balancing of Airplanes

Description: The object of the present communication is to determine the best method for locating the center of lift of an airplane and to provide a method for making corrections. The method employed is very simple, being based on the positions given the elevator during flights at different speeds.
Date: February 1923
Creator: Eteve, Albert
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Soaring Without Rising Currents

Description: Memorandum describing the main problem of soaring flight, which is that it is difficult to maintain altitude and to engage in indefinite continuation of flight without dependence on rising currents from any source. The best chance of success involves utilizing energy stored in the air when the wind speed is constantly and rapidly varying.
Date: February 1923
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
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Tests on an Airplane Model, AEG D I of the Allgemeine Elektricitats Gesellschft, A-G, Airplane Construction Section Conducted at the Gottingen Model Testing Laboratory for Aerodynamics

Description: "Tests were carried out in the small wind tunnel of the Gottingen establishment on a complete model of the AEG D I airplane. The agreement between the model and the complete airplane applies particularly to the wings, which have ribs cut out of sheet metal and built up in exactly the same manner as in the actual airplane. Various series of tests were carried out with this model in which one or the other of the control surfaces were adjusted to various angles, while the others remained in their … more
Date: February 1923
Creator: Munk, Max & Molthan, Wilhelm
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Model Supports and Their Effects on the Results of Wind Tunnel Tests

Description: "The airflow about a model while being tested is often sufficiently affected by the model support to lead to erroneous conclusions unless appropriate corrections are used. In this paper some new material on the subject is presented, together with a review of the airfoil support corrections used in several other laboratories" (p. 1).
Date: February 1923
Creator: Bacon, David L.
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