Determination of optimum plan forms for control surfaces
Description:
Solutions found for a range of airfoil plan forms indicate that, regardless of the characteristics of the tail surface, the chord of the rudder or of the elevator should be very nearly constant over its span. The optimum ailerons are also of a characteristic shape, varying little with the plan form of the wing.
Date:
January 30, 1941
Creator:
Jones, Robert T. & Cohen, Doris