Flight Investigation of NACA D(Sub S) Cowlings on the XP-42 Airplane 1: High-Inlet-Velocity Cowling with Propeller Cuffs Tested in High-Speed Level Flight
Description:
Report presenting results from a series of flight tests of the maximum speed and cooling characteristics in full-throttle level flight of the XP-42 airplane equipped with a short-nose high-inlet velocity cowling. The results of the tests indicated a maximum speed of 336 miles per hour at 960 horsepower at 25,000 feet. Results regarding maximum speed and pressure and temperatures are provided.
Date:
January 1943
Creator:
Bailey, F. J., Jr.
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