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Air Transport Economics

Description: Report presenting an exploration of the costs of operation for commercial airlines operating in Europe at the time of the report.
Date: October 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Computative examination of bending strength of girders originally curved and subjected to longitudinal compression

Description: This report examines the stipulation contained in the 1918 BLV, that a girder subjected to longitudinal compression under the influence of half of the specified breaking load, along with Euler bending safety with an initial deflection of 1/200 of the length of the girder can, at most, be subjected to half the stipulated breaking strength.
Date: October 1922
Creator: Hoff, Wilhelm
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Deflection of Propeller Blades While Running

Description: "The forces acting on the blades of a propeller proceed from the mass of the propeller and the resistance of the surrounding medium. The magnitude, direction and point of application of the resultant to the propeller blade is of prime importance for the strength calculation. Since it was obviously impracticable to bring any kind of testing device near the revolving propeller, not so much on account of the element of danger as on account of the resulting considerable disturbance of the air flow,… more
Date: October 1922
Creator: Katzmayr, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The effect of longitudinal moment of inertia upon dynamic stability

Description: "Free flight tests were carried out to show whether the longitudinal oscillations of a standard S.E.5A airplane are noticeably affected if its longitudinal moment of inertia is increased. These oscillations were taken by means of a self-recording instrument, the airplane having first its ordinary moment of inertia and then one increased by 14 percent. The period of oscillation was slightly longer after the increase of the moment of inertia, but the damping was not affected" (p. 1).
Date: October 1922
Creator: Norton, F. H. & Carroll, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Periodic Changes of Angle of Attack on Behavior of Airfoils

Description: This report presents the results of a series of experiments, which gave some quantitative results on the effect of periodic changes in the direction of the relative air flow against airfoils. The first series of experiments concerned how the angle of attack of the wing model was changed by causing the latter to oscillate about an axis parallel to the span and at right angles to the air flow. The second series embraced all the experiments in which the direction of the air flow itself was periodi… more
Date: October 1922
Creator: Katzmayr, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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F-5-L boat seaplane: Comparative performance with direct and geared engines

Description: Comprehensive tests were made to compare the performance of the F-5-L Boat Seaplane fitted with direct drive and Liberty engines. Details are given on the test conditions. The conclusions of the comparison tests follow. 1) An F-5-L with geared engines takes off in approximately 90 percent of the time required for the same airplane with standard direct drive engines. An F-5-L with geared engines climbs in 20 minutes to an altitude approximately 20 percent greater than that obtained with the stan… more
Date: October 1922
Creator: Diehl, W. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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F-5-L Boat Seaplane: performance characteristics

Description: Performance characteristics for the F-5-L Boat Seaplane are given. Characteristic curves for the RAF-6 airfoil and the F-5-L wings, parasite resistance and velocity data, engine and propeller characteristics, effective and maximum horsepower, and cruising performance are discussed.
Date: October 1922
Creator: Diehl, W. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The N.A.C.A. Three Component Accelerometer

Description: "A new instrument known as the NACA three component accelerometer is described in this note. This instrument was designed by the technical staff of the NACA for recording accelerations along three mutually perpendicular axes, and is of the same type as the NACA single component accelerometer with the addition of two springs and a few minor improvements such as a pump for filling the dash-pots and a convenient method for aligning the springs. This note includes a few records as well as photograp… more
Date: October 1922
Creator: Reid, H. J. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Synchronization of NACA Flight Records

Description: "A method is described for synchronizing the different instrument records taken during flight testing. This method has been in use for sometime at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory and has proved very valuable in connection with the study of controllability and other complicated problems of flight" (p. 1).
Date: October 1922
Creator: Brown, W. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Training of Aeronautical Engineers

Description: The requirements and preliminary coursework for aeronautical engineering are discussed. Some of the specific mechanical engineering properties that must be understood are provided. The report is incomplete.
Date: October 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Wing With a Pointed Tip

Description: In airplane construction generally one finds an almost exclusive use of wing tips that are practically square end but occasionally those with large rounded tips. For use as a cantilever wing, however, a wing with pointed tips may contain valuable aerodynamic advantages.
Date: October 1922
Creator: v. Prondzynski, Stephan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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