Flight Investigation of Wing-Gun Fairings on a Fighter Type Airplane
Description:
Description is given of flight tests conducted on gun fairings, designed to correct the detrimental effects of the projecting and submerged wing guns on an F4F-3 fighter. It was found that the installation of unfaired guns on a clean wing resulted in a premature stall that increased the stalling speed in the carrier-approach and landing conditions of flight by suitably fairing the guns, it was possible to reduce the stalling speeds to values approaching very nearly the clean-wing values.
Date:
October 1941
Creator:
Nissen, J. M. & White, M. D.
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Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department