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Aerodynamic Characteristics of a 0.5-Scale Model of the Fairchild XSAM-N-2 Lark Missile at High Subsonic Speeds

Description: "An investigation was conducted to determine the longitudinal- and lateral-stability characteristics of a 0.5-scale model of the Fairchild Lark missile. The model was tested with 0 deg and with 22.5 deg of roll. Three horizontal wings having NACA 16-009, 16-209, and 64A-209 sections were tested. Pressures were measured on both pointed and blunt noses" (p. 1).
Date: September 28, 1949
Creator: Martin, Andrew & Hunter, Harlo A.
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Aerodynamic Characteristics of Two All-Movable Wings Tested in the Presence of a Fuselage at a Mach Number of 1.9

Description: Report presenting testing of half-span models of two wings of different plan form as both all-movable and fixed surfaces in the presence of a half fuselage. All-movable surfaces are being considered for supersonic aircraft as possible angle-of-attack indicators, control surfaces, and all-movable wings. Results regarding the lift characteristics, center of pressure, and drag of the wings are provided.
Date: October 28, 1948
Creator: Conner, D. William
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Altitude-Wind-Tunnel Investigation of R-4360-18 Power-Plant Installation for XR60 Airplane, 3, Performance of Induction and Exhaust Systems

Description: From Summary: "A study has been made of the performance of the induction and the exhaust systems on the XR60 power-plant installation as part of an investigation conducted in the Cleveland altitude wind tunnel. Altitude flight conditions from 5000 to 30,000 feet were simulated for a range of engine powers from 750 to 3000 brake horsepower."
Date: March 28, 1947
Creator: Dupree, David T. & Hawkins, W. Kent
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An Analysis of the Full-Floating Journal Bearing

Description: "An analysis of the operating characteristics of a full-floating bearing - a bearing in which a floating sleeve is located between the journal and bearing surfaces - is presented together with charts - from which the performance of such bearings may be predicted. Examples are presented to illustrate the use of these charts and a limited number of experiments conducted upon a glass full-floating bearing to verify some results of the analysis are reported. The floating sleeve can operate over a w… more
Date: January 28, 1947
Creator: Shaw, M. C. & Nussdorfer, T. J., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Ditching Tests of a 1/24-Scale Model of the Lockheed XR60-1 Airplane, TED No. NACA 235

Description: "The ditching characteristics of the Lockheed XR60-1 airplane were determined by tests of a 1/24-scale dynamic model in calm water at the Langley tank no. 2 monorail. Various landing attitudes, flap settings, speeds, and conditions of damager were investigated. The ditching behavior was evaluated from recordings of decelerations, length of runs, and motions of the model" (p. 1).
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Fisher, Lloyd J. & Cederborg, Gibson A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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The Effect of Boundary-Layer Control by Suction and of Several High-Lift Devices on the Aerodynamic Characteristics in Yaw of a 47.5 Degree Sweptback

Description: An investigation has been made in the Langley full-scale tunnel of a 47.5 degree sweptback wing-fuselage combination equipped for boundary-layer control by suction. The wing aspect ratio was 3.5, the taper ratio was 0.5 and the airfoil sections normal to the quarter-chord line were NACA 61(sub 1)-A112. Tests included the plain wing and the wing with various combinations of extensible leading-edge and split flaps.
Date: October 28, 1948
Creator: Pasamanick, Jerome
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Effect of Mach Number on Performance of an Axial-Flow Compressor Rotor-Blade Row

Description: Report presenting an investigation to study the influence of high relative inlet Mach number on the performance of a highly loaded blade row. Twenty-nine rotor blades were installed in a compressor rotor and static and total pressure, total temperature, and flow-angle surveys were taken upstream and downstream of the row.
Date: September 28, 1948
Creator: Dugan, Paul D.; Mahoney, John J. & Benser, William A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Effects of Variations in Forebody and Afterbody Dead Rise on the Resistance and Spray Characteristics of the 22ADR Class VPB Airplane: Langley Tank Model 207, TED No. NACA 2361

Description: From Summary: "An investigation was made to determine the effects of changes in the amount and distribution of forebody and afterbody dead rise on the hydrodynamic resistance and spray characteristics of a 1/11-size model of the Bureau of Aeronautics design No. 22ADR class VPB airplane. The variations in dead rise within the range investigated had no significant effects on resistance or trim, free to trim, or on resistance or trimming moment, fixed in trim. The coordinates of the peaks of the b… more
Date: August 28, 1947
Creator: Clement, Eugene P. & Daniels, Charles J.
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Effects of wing-tip turrets on the aerodynamic characteristics of a typical bomber-wing model

Description: Report presenting wind-tunnel tests up to a Mach number of 0.85 to determine the effects of wing-tip gun turrets on the aerodynamic characteristics of a typical bomber-wing model. Lift, drag, and pitching-moment data are presented for the wing alone; for the wing with the turrets in the clean condition; and for the wing and the turrets with guns and sighting equipment. The turrets had negligible effect on the lift and pitching-moment characteristics of the wing.
Date: March 28, 1949
Creator: Boddy, Lee E. & Sutton, Fred B.
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Free-flight investigation of 16-inch diameter supersonic ram-jet unit

Description: Report presenting an investigation of a series of 16-inch-diameter ramjet engine in free flight in order to determine the performance of ramjet units in flight at supersonic speeds and to study methods for improving the performance. Results regarding the telemeter data recorded by ground stations, static pressures, variation of altitude with time after release, variation of flight velocities, and fuel-air ratio are provided. Partial failure of the measuring equipment prevented a complete evalua… more
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Kinghorn, George F. & Disher, John H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Free-Flight-Tunnel Tests of a Target-Seeking Glide-Bomb Model With Flicker Lateral Control

Description: Report presenting an investigation of control systems suitable for target-seeking missiles. Testing occurred in the free-flight tunnel of the GB-5 glide bomb equipped with a light-seeker control unit which applied flicker control. Results indicated that good stability could be obtained with the control system, but was somewhat less stable than with a proportional control system.
Date: July 28, 1948
Creator: McKinney, Marion O., Jr. & Drake, Hubert M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Free-Spinning-Tunnel Tests of a 1/24-Scale Model of the McDonnell XP-88 Airplane with a Vee Tail

Description: "An investigation of the spin and recovery characteristics of a 1/24-scale model of the McDonnell XP-88 airplane has been conducted in the Langley 20-ft free-spinning tunnel. Results of tests with a conventional tail have been previously reported; the results presented herein are for the model with a vee tail installed. The effects of control settings and movements on the erect and inverted spin and recovery characteristics of the model. In the normal loading were determined" (p. 1).
Date: November 28, 1947
Creator: Berman, Theodore
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Ground Tests of a Radial Air-Cooled Engine to Correct a Poor Circumferential Pressure-Recovery Distribution

Description: "This report presents the results of the tests of a power-plant installation to improve the circumferential pressure-recovery distribution at the face of the engine. An underslung "C" cowling was tested with two propellers with full cuffs and with a modification to one set of cuffs. Little improvement was obtained because the base sections of the cuffs were stalled. A set of guide vanes boosted the over-all pressures and helped the pressure recoveries for a few of the cylinders" (p. 1).
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Gallagher, James J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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High-speed wind-tunnel tests of a 1/78-scale model of the Lockheed YP-80A airplane

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the high-speed performance and static longitudinal stability and control characteristics of a model of the Lockheed YP-80A airplane. High-speed aerodynamic characteristics are presented for speeds up to Mach number 0.96. Results regarding the scale effects, longitudinal stability, and longitudinal-control effectiveness are provided.
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Olson, Robert N. & Lawrence, Leslie F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Aerodynamically Refined Planing-Tail Hulls

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the hydrodynamic characteristics of two aerodynamically refined planing-tail hulls. One hull had an afterbody shaped like a tapered boom and the other had two afterbodies with tapered booms fairing out of engine nacelles. Results regarding take-off stability and trim, landing stability, spray, resistance, directional stability, and static transverse stability are presented.
Date: March 28, 1949
Creator: McKann, Robert & Coffee, Claude W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Ice protection of turbojet engines by inertia separation of water 1: alternate-duct system

Description: Aerodynamic and icing investigations of internal water-inertia separation inlets designed to prevent automatically entrance of large quantities of water into a turbojet engine in icing conditions was conducted on a one-half scale model. A simplified analytical approach to the design of internal water-inertia separation inlets is included. Results show that in order to be effective in preventing screen and guide-vane icing for an inlet of this type, a ram-pressure recovery of 75 percent was atta… more
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: von Glahn, Uwe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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An Investigation of Convergent-Divergent Diffusers at Mach Number 1.85

Description: An investigation has been conducted in the Cleveland 18- by 18-inch supersonic tunnel at a Mach number of 1.85 and angles of attack from 0 deg to 5 deg to determine optimum design configurations for a convergent-divergent type of supersonic diffuser with a subsonic diffuser of 5 deg included divergence angle. Total pressure recoveries in excess of theoretical recovery across a normal shock at a free-stream Mach number of 1.85 wore obtained with several configurations.
Date: April 28, 1947
Creator: Wyatt, DeMarquis D. & Hunczak, Henry R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Investigation of Dive Brakes and a Dive-Recovery Flap on a High-Aspect-Ratio Wing in the Langley 8-Foot High-Speed Tunnel

Description: "The results of tests made to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of a solid brake, a slotted brake, and a dive-recovery flap mounted on a high aspect ratio wing at high Mach numbers are presented. The data were obtained in the Langley 8-foot high-speed tunnel for corrected Mach numbers up to 0.940. The results have been analyzed with regard to the suitability of dive-control devices for a proposed high-speed airplane in limiting the airplane terminal Mach number by the use of dive brakes… more
Date: August 28, 1946
Creator: Mattson, Axel T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Investigation of Low-Speed, Power-Off Stability and Control Characteristics of a Model With a 35 Degree Sweptback Wing in the Langley Free-Flight Tunnel

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the free-flight tunnel to determine the low-speed, power-off dynamic stability and control characteristics of a model with a 35 degree sweptback wing. The investigation consisted of force and flight tests of the model and calculations of the lateral oscillatory stability with wing-tip fuel tanks off and on.
Date: October 28, 1948
Creator: Schade, Robert O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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An Investigation of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of an 0.08-Scale Model of the Chance Vought XF7U-1 Airplane in the Langley High-Speed 7-by 10-Foot Tunnel: TED No. DE308, Part 6, Estimated High-Speed Flying Qualities

Description: "An analysis of the estimated high-speed flying qualities of the Chance Vought XF7U-1 airplane in the Mach number range from 0.40 to 0.91 has been made, based on tests of an 0.08-scale model of this airplane in the Langley high-speed 7- by 10-foot wind tunnel. The analysis indicates longitudinal control-position instability at transonic speeds, but the accompanying trim changes are not large. Control-position maneuvering stability, however, is present for all speeds. Longitudinal lateral contro… more
Date: October 28, 1948
Creator: Donlan, Charles J. & Kuhn, Richard E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Investigation of the Characteristics of a High-Aspect-Ratio Wing in the Langley 8-Foot High-Speed Tunnel

Description: "An investigation of the characteristics of a wing with an aspect ratio of 9.0 and an NACA 65-210 airfoil section has been made at Mach number up to 0.925. The wing tested has a taper ratio of 2.5:1.0, no twist, dihedral, or sweepback, and 20-percent - chord 37.5-percent-semispan plain ailerons. The results showed that serious changes in the normal-force characteristics occurred when the Mach number was increased above 0.74 at angles of attack between 4 deg. and 10 deg. and above 0.80 at 0 deg.… more
Date: August 28, 1940
Creator: Whitcomb, Richard T.
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Investigation of the diborane - hydrogen peroxide propellant combination

Description: Report presenting the results of two runs made with liquid diborane and hydrogen peroxide in a small-scale rocket engine. The first run was very erratic and modifications were made to the testing apparatus and procedures for the second run. In the second run, the combustion started immediately and continued smoothly for 12 seconds of operation.
Date: May 28, 1948
Creator: Rowe, William H.; Ordin, Paul M. & Diehl, John M.
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Investigation of the performance of a 20-inch ram jet using preheated fuel

Description: Report presenting the performance characteristics of a 20-inch ramjet opeerating with preheated unleaded 62 octane fuel. The results of the investigation indicated an improvement in the combustion efficiency and operating range of the ramjet when using preheated fuel.
Date: October 28, 1946
Creator: Perchonok, Eugene; Wilcox, Fred A. & Sterbentz, William H.
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Investigation of wing characteristics at a Mach number of 1.53 2: swept wings of taper ratio 0.5

Description: Measured values of lift, drag, and pitching moment at M(sub o) = 1.53 are presented for seven wings varying in sweep angle from 60 degrees sweepforward to 60 degrees sweepback. All wings had a cambered, double-wedge section 5-percent thick and a common taper ratio of 0.5. The experimental results are compared with the predictions of the linear theory.
Date: June 28, 1948
Creator: Vincenti, Walter G.; Van Dyke, Milton D. & Matteson, Frederick H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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