Effect of Wing Modifications on the Longitudinal Stability of a Tailless All-wing Airplane Model
Title | Effect of Wing Modifications on the Longitudinal Stability of a Tailless All-wing Airplane Model PDF eBook |
Author | Charles L. Seacord |
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Pages | 30 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | Aerodynamics |
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Summary: An investigation of the power-off longitudinal stability characteristics of a tailless all-wing airplane model with various wing modifications has been made in the Langley free-flight tunnel. Force and tuft tests were made on the model in the original condition, with the wing tips rotated for washout, with rectangular and swept-forward tips, and with various slat arrangements. Flight tests were made with the original wing and with the original wing equipped with the most promising modifications. The results indicated that changes in tip plan form or rotation of the wing tips did not appreciably reduce the instability at high lift coefficients. Addition of wing slats, however, improved the longitudinal stability at the stall when the slat extended far enough inboard to cover the area that tended to stall first.
Effect of Wing Modifications on the Longitudinal Stability of a Tailless All-wing Airplane Model
Title | Effect of Wing Modifications on the Longitudinal Stability of a Tailless All-wing Airplane Model PDF eBook |
Author | Langley Aeronautical Laboratory |
Publisher | Hassell Street Press |
Pages | 30 |
Release | 2021-09-09 |
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ISBN | 9781014076663 |
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Effect of Wing Modifications on the Longitudinal Stability of a Tailess All-wing Airplane Model
Title | Effect of Wing Modifications on the Longitudinal Stability of a Tailess All-wing Airplane Model PDF eBook |
Author | Charles L. Jr Seacord |
Publisher | |
Pages | 17 |
Release | 1945 |
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An Investigation of the Low-speed Longitudinal Stability Characteristics of a Swept-wing Airplane Model with Two Modifications to the Wing-root Plan Form
Title | An Investigation of the Low-speed Longitudinal Stability Characteristics of a Swept-wing Airplane Model with Two Modifications to the Wing-root Plan Form PDF eBook |
Author | William B.Jr Kemp |
Publisher | |
Pages | 17 |
Release | 1952 |
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Static Longitudinal Characteristics at High Subsonic Speeds of a Complete Airplane Model with a Highly Tapered Wing Having the 0.80 Chord Line Unswept and with Several Tail Configurations
Title | Static Longitudinal Characteristics at High Subsonic Speeds of a Complete Airplane Model with a Highly Tapered Wing Having the 0.80 Chord Line Unswept and with Several Tail Configurations PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth W. Goodson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Stability of airplanes, Longitudinal |
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An investigation was made at high subsonic speeds of a complete model having a highly tapered wing and several tail configurations. The basic aspect-ratio-4.00 wing had a zero taper and an unswept 0.80 chord line. Several aspect-ratio modifications to the basic wing were made by clipping off portions of the wing tips. The complete model was tested with a chord-plane tail, a T-tail, and a biplane tail (combined T-tail and chord-plane tail). The model was tested in the Langley high-speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel at Mach numbers from 0.60 to 0.92. The data show that, when reduced to the same static margin, all the tail configurations tested on the model provided fairly good stability characteristics, the biplane tail giving the best overall characteristics as regards pitching-moment linearity. Changes in static margin at zero lift coefficient with Mach number were small for the model with these tails over the Mach number range investigated.
Longitudinal Stability Characteristics at Transonic Speeds of a Rocket-propelled Model of an Airplane Having a 45 Degree Swept Wing of Aspect Ratio 6.0
Title | Longitudinal Stability Characteristics at Transonic Speeds of a Rocket-propelled Model of an Airplane Having a 45 Degree Swept Wing of Aspect Ratio 6.0 PDF eBook |
Author | John C. McFall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1954 |
Genre | Aerodynamic load |
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Wartime Report
Title | Wartime Report PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
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