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Wind-tunnel tests on model wing with Fowler flap and specially developed leading-edge slot

Description: From Summary: "An investigation was made in the NACA 7 by 10 foot wind tunnel to find the increase in maximum lift coefficient which could be obtained by providing a model wing with both a Fowler trailing-edge extension flap and a Handley Page type leading-edge slot. A conventional Handley page slot proportioned to operate on the plain wing without a flap gave but a slight increase with the flap; so a special form of slot was developed to work more effectively with the flap. With the best combi… more
Date: May 1933
Creator: Weick, Fred E. & Platt, Robert C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Drag of Streamline Wires

Description: "Preliminary results are given of drag tests of streamline wires. Full-size wires were tested over a wide range of speeds in the N.A.C.A. high speed tunnel. The results are thus directly applicable to full-scale problems and include any compressibility effects encountered at the higher speeds. The results show how protuberances may be employed on conventional streamline wires to reduce the drag, and also show how the conventional wires compare with others having sections more like strut or symm… more
Date: December 1933
Creator: Jacobs, Eastman N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Simplified aerodynamic analysis of the cyclogiro rotating wing system

Description: A simplified aerodynamic theory of the cyclogiro rotating wing is presented herein. In addition, examples have been calculated showing the effect on the rotor characteristics of varying the design parameters of the rotor. A performance prediction, on the basis of the theory here developed, is appended, showing the performance to be expected of a machine employing this system of sustentation. The aerodynamic principles of the cyclogiro are sound; hovering flight, vertical climb, and a reasonable… more
Date: August 1933
Creator: Wheatley, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Reduction in Drag of a Forward-Sloping Windshield

Description: "This paper gives results of a short investigation of the drag of a forward-sloping closed-cabin windshield. The drag of the windshield in both the original and a final modified form was determined from tests in the variable-density wind tunnel. The final form of the windshield was arrived at by modifying the original as the result of flow observations in the N.A.C.A. smoke tunnel. The investigation studied the utility of the N.A.C.A. smoke tunnel as applied to reducing the drag of objects for … more
Date: December 1933
Creator: Jacobs, Eastman N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tank Tests of Two Floats for High-Speed Seaplanes

Description: "At the request of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, a study of the design of floats especially suitable for use on high-speed seaplanes was undertaken in the N.A.C.A. tank. This note give the results obtained in tests of one-quarter full-size models of two floats for high-speed seaplanes. One was a float similar to that used on the Macchi high-speed seaplane which competed in the 1926 Schneider Trophy races, and the other a float designed at the N.A.C.A. tank in an attempt to improve… more
Date: November 1933
Creator: Bell, Joe W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of Three Methods for Calculating the Compressive Strength of Flat and Slightly Curved Sheet and Stiffener Combinations

Description: "This report gives a comparison of the accuracy of the three methods for calculating the compressive strength of flat sheet and stiffener combinations such as occur in stressed-skin or monocoque structures for aircraft. Of the three methods based upon various assumptions with regard to the interaction of sheet and stiffener, the method based upon mutual action of the stiffener and an effective width as a column gave the best agreement with the results of the tests. An investigation of the effec… more
Date: March 1933
Creator: Lundquist, Eugene E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of stabilizer location upon pitching and yawing moments in spins as shown by tests with the spinning balance

Description: Tests were made with the spinning balance in a 5-foot wind tunnel to study the effect of stabilizer location upon the pitching and yawing moments given by the tail surfaces in spinning attitudes. The tests revealed that the horizontal surfaces, when in a normal location, seriously reduced the effectiveness of the fin and rudder, particularly at angles of attack of 50 degrees or more. The tests also revealed that a more forward or more rearward location gave no consistent or decided improvement;… more
Date: November 1933
Creator: Bamber, M. J. & Zimmerman, C. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Aerodynamic Effect of a Retractable Landing Gear

Description: "Tests were conducted in the N.A.C.A. full scale wind tunnel at the request of the Army Air Corps to determine the effect of retractable landing gear openings in the bottom surface of a wing upon the characteristics of a Lockheed Altair airplane. The tests were extended to include the determination of the lift and drag characteristics throughout the angle-of-attack range with the landing gear both retracted and extended. Covering the wheel openings in the wing with sheet metal when the wheels w… more
Date: March 1933
Creator: DeFrance, Smith J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The effect of spray strips on a model of the P3M-1 flying boat hull

Description: This note presents the results of a series of tests made in the N.A.C.A. tank on a one-sixth full-size model of the hull and side floats of the Navy P3M-1 flying boat for the purpose of finding a method of reducing the amount of spray thrown into the propellers of this craft when taking off and landing. The model was tested without spray strips and with five different spray-strip arrangements. The best arrangement was an improvement over the bare hull with no spray strips, but the improvement w… more
Date: December 1933
Creator: Dawson, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind Tunnel Research Comparing Lateral Control Devices, Particularly at High Angles of Attack 8: Straight and Skewed Ailerons on Wings With Rounded Tips

Description: Tests showed the effect of the ailerons and the tip shapes on the general performance of the wing, as well as on the lateral control and stability characteristics. The hinge moments were not measured but the approximate values are given in the first report of the series.
Date: February 1933
Creator: Weick, Fred E. & Shortal, Joseph A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of aileron displacement on wing characteristics

Description: The effect of aileron displacement on wing characteristics has been investigated for the Clark Y and the U.S.A. 27 wing sections equipped with rectangular ailerons. The airfoils, rectangular in plan, and having a 10 inch chord and 60 inch span, were mounted on a model fuselage.
Date: February 1933
Creator: Heald, R. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Split Trailing-Edge Wing Flaps on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Parasol Monoplane

Description: "This paper presents the results of tests conducted in the N.A.C.A. full-scale wind tunnel on a Fairchild F-22 airplane equipped with a special wing having split trailing-edge flaps. The flaps extended over the outer 90 percent of the wing span, and were of the fixed-hinge type having a width equal to 20 percent of the wing chord. The results show that with a flap setting of 59 degrees the maximum lift of the wing was increased 42 percent, and that the flaps increased the range of available gli… more
Date: November 1933
Creator: Wallace, Rudolf N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Aerodynamic Characteristics of Airfoils as Affected by Surface Roughness

Description: "The effect on airfoil characteristics of surface roughness of varying degrees and types at different locations on an airfoil was investigated at high values of the Reynolds number in a variable density wind tunnel. Tests were made on a number of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) 0012 airfoil models on which the nature of the surface was varied from a rough to a very smooth finish. The effect on the airfoil characteristics of varying the location of a rough area in the region o… more
Date: April 1933
Creator: Hooker, Ray W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind tunnel research comparing lateral control devices, particularly at high angles of attack 11: various floating tip ailerons on both rectangular and tapered wings

Description: Discussed here are a series of systematic tests being conducted to compare different lateral control devices with particular reference to their effectiveness at high angles of attack. The present tests were made with six different forms of floating tip ailerons of symmetrical section. The tests showed the effect of the various ailerons on the general performance characteristics of the wing, and on the lateral controllability and stability characteristics. In addition, the hinge moments were mea… more
Date: May 1933
Creator: Weick, Fred E. & Harris, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect on Engine Performance of Change in Jacket-Water Outlet Temperature

Description: Tests made on a Curtiss D-12 engine in the Altitude Laboratory at the Bureau of Standards show the following effects on engine performance of change in jacket-water outlet temperature: 1) Friction at all altitudes is a linear function of the jacket-water temperature, decreasing with increasing temperature. 2) The brake horsepower below an altitude of about 9,000 feet decreases, and at higher altitudes increases, with jacket-water temperature. 3) The brake specific fuel consumption tends to decr… more
Date: November 1933
Creator: Garlock, E. A. & Ellis, Greer
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Full-Scale Wind-Tunnel Research on Tail Buffeting and Wing-Fuselage Interference of a Low-Wing Monoplane

Description: Some preliminary results of full scale wind tunnel testing to determine the best means of reducing the tail buffeting and wing-fuselage interference of a low-wing monoplane are given. Data indicating the effects of an engine cowling, fillets, auxiliary airfoils of short span, reflexes trailing edge, propeller slipstream, and various combinations of these features are included. The best all-round results were obtained by the use of fillets together with the National Advisory Committee for Aerona… more
Date: May 1933
Creator: Hood, Manley J. & White, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Rivet Heads on the Characteristics of a 6 by 36 Foot Clark Y Metal Airfoil

Description: "An investigation was conducted in the N.A.C.A. full-scale wind tunnel to determine the effects of exposed rivet heads on the aerodynamic characteristics of a metal-covered 6 by 36 foot Clark Y airfoil. Lead punching simulating 1/8 inch rivet heads were attached in full-span rows at a pitch of 1 inch at various chord positions. Tests were made at velocities varying from 40 to 120 miles per hour to investigate the scale effect" (p. 1).
Date: May 1933
Creator: Dearborn, Clinton H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The effects of slots and flaps on lateral control of a low-wing monoplane as determined in flight

Description: This paper presents the results of flight tests made to determine the effect of slots and flaps on the lateral control of a low-wing monoplane. Maximum angular accelerations in roll and yaw produced by sudden application of the ailerons and maximum accelerations in yaw produced by sudden application of the rudder during gliding flight were recorded for the following wing arrangements: (a) no auxiliary device; (b) full-span slots; (c) plain flaps; (d) flaps and full-span slots; (e) wing-tip slot… more
Date: November 1933
Creator: Soulé, Hartley A. & Wetmore, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strength Tests of Thin-Walled Duralumin Cylinders in Pure Bending

Description: "This report is the third of a series presenting the results of strengths tests on thin-walled cylinders and truncated cones of circular and elliptic section; it includes the results obtained from pure bending tests on 58 thin-walled duralumin cylinders of circular section with ends clamped to rigid bulkheads. The tests show that the stress on the extreme fiber at failure as calculated by the ordinary theory of bending is from 30 to 80 percent greater than the compressive stress at failure for … more
Date: December 1933
Creator: Lundquist, Eugene E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Complete Tank Test of a Model of Flying-Boat Hull - N.A.C.A. Model 16

Description: "A model of a 2-step flying-boat hull, of the type generally used in England, was tested according to the complete method described in the N.A.C.A. Technical Note No. 464. The lines of this model were taken from offsets given by Mr. William Munro in Flight, May 29, 1931. The data cover the range of loads, speeds, and trim angles that may be of use in applying the hull form to the design of any seaplane. The results are reduced to nondimensional form to aid application to design problems and fac… more
Date: September 1933
Creator: Shoemaker, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The N.A.C.A. Combustion Chamber Gas-Sampling Valve and Some Preliminary Test Results

Description: "A gas sampling valve of the inertia-operated type was designed for procuring samples of the gases in the combustion chamber of internal combustion engines at identical points in successive cycles so that the analysis of the gas samples thus procured may aid in the study of the process of combustion. The operation of the valve is described. The valve was used to investigate the CO2 content of gases taken from the quiescent combustion chamber of a high speed compression-ignition engine when oper… more
Date: March 1933
Creator: Spanogle, J. A. & Buckley, E. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Partial-Span Split Flaps on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Clark Y Wing

Description: "Aerodynamic force tests were made in the N.A.C.A. 7 by 10 foot wind tunnel on a model Clark Y wing with a 20 percent chord split flap deflected 60 degrees downward. The tests were made to determine the effect of partial-span split flaps, located at various positions along the wing span on the aerodynamic characteristics of the wing-and-flap combination. The different lengths and locations of the flaps were obtained by cutting off portions of a full-span flap, first from the tips and then from … more
Date: September 1933
Creator: Wenzinger, Carl J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiments With a Counter-Propeller

Description: This note describes tests made at Stanford University on a four-blade fixed counter-propeller in combination with a two-blade rotating propeller. It is shown that the efficiency of the normal form, well-designed air propeller can be increased about two percent over the full working range by the addition of fixed counter-propeller blades.
Date: March 1933
Creator: Lesley, E. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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