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Correlation of exhaust-valve temperatures with engine operating conditions...
Report presenting a theory regarding engine-cooling variables from a previous report, which was used as a basis for the development of a semi-empirical equation to correlate exhaust-valve temperature...
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Investigations toward simplification of missile control systems
Paper presenting three ideas regarding potential simplifications of missile-control systems in order to make them more reliable without sacrificing system performance. The three methods presented...
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Albert TE-1 Training Airplane
The TE-1 is designed for the economical training of pilots and is a single seat parasol cantilever monoplane. It is nearly entirely made of wood, using a 40 HP. air-cooled Salmson A.D. 9 engine, and...
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The "Avro Trainer" Airplane (British): A Training Biplane
Circular presenting a description of the Avro Trainer airplane, which is primarily intended for pilots in training and is designed to be easy to use, including large, comfortable cockpits, good view,...
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Intercooler cooling-air weight flow and pressure drop for minimum drag loss
Report presenting an analysis of the power losses in airplane flight of cross-flow plate and tubular intercoolers to determine the cooling-air weight flow and pressure drop that give minimum total...
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The Comper "Mouse" Commercial Airplane (British): A Three-Seat Cabin Low-Wing...
Circular describing the Comper "Mouse" commercial airplane, which is a three-seat cabin low-wing monoplane. Details regarding the landing gear, wings, cabin, seating, fuselage, tail, power plant,...
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The Shackleton-Murray SM-1 Light Airplane: A Two-Place High-Wing Monoplane
Circular presenting a description of the light airplane SM-1, which was designed by W. S. Shackleton and Lee Murray. Information regarding the design and flight characteristics and some photographs of...
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Performance of B. M. W. 185-Horsepower Airplane Engine
"This report deals with the results of a test made upon a B. M. W. Engine in the altitude chamber of the Bureau of Standards, where controlled conditions of temperature and pressure can be made to...
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A method for studying the hunting oscillations of and airplane with a simple...
Report presenting a method for predicting the amplitude and frequency, under certain simplifying conditions, of the hunting oscillations of an automatically controlled aircraft with lag in the control...
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The De Havilland "Moth Three" Airplane (British): A High-Wing Commercial...
Circular describing the De Havilland Moth Three, which is a high-wing commercial monoplane with a steeply sloping windshield, strut-bracing of the wing, and relatively orthodox landing gear. Details of...
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The critical velocity of a body towed by a cable from an airplane
It is sufficient to consider only the equations of motion of the towed body whereas those of the cable may be left out of consideration. The result obtained makes it possible to determine which factors...
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Armstrong-Whitworth A.W. 15 "Atlanta" Airplane (British): A Commercial...
Circular describing the Armstrong Whitworth XV "Atalanta" airplane, which is a commercial multiplace cantilever monoplane. Details of the wings, landing gear, fuselage, control surfaces, structural...
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"Villiers 24" Slotted-Wing Airplane (French): Night Pursuit Sesquiplane
The Villiers 24 C.A.N. 2 is a night pursuit sesquiplane equipped with the 450 HP direct-drive Lorraine 12 Eb engine. It is characterized by Handley Page slotted wings. Details of the construction,...
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The Knock-Limited Performance of S Reference Fuel Plus 2 Milliliters of...
Report discusses the results of testing of thallium as an antiknock agent in an internal-combustion engine. From Introduction: "On a weight basis, the thallium vapors were found to have several times...
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Compressibility and Heating Effects on Pressure Loss and Cooling of a Baffled...
Report presenting testing to obtain experimental confirmation of the effect of air compressibility on cooling and pressure loss of a baffled cylinder barrel and to evaluate various methods of analysis....
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The Dewoitine D.500 Pursuit Airplane (French): An All-Metal Cantilever...
Circular describing the Dewoitine D.500 pursuit airplane, which is an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane. Details of the fuselage, cockpit, control surfaces, weapons, landing gear, fuel tanks,...
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The Amiot S.E.C.M. 110 C.1 : A Single-Seat Pursuit Monoplane
Circular presenting a description of the Amiot S.E.C.M. 110 C.1, which is a single-seat pursuit monoplane. Some of the design principles that the aircraft was built from are provided. A description of...
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The British Klemm "Eagle" Commercial Airplane: A Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane
Circular presenting a description of the British Klemm "Eagle", which is a low-wing commercial cantilever monoplane. Details of the components, flying qualities, design characteristics, weights and...
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Blériot Combat Monoplane 127 (French)
The 127 is a cantilever monoplane without external bracing. It is designed to accompany and protect bombardment and observation aircraft. Descriptions of the airfoil, fuselage, power plant, landing...
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The Armstrong-Whitworth "Argosy": The Latest Three-Engined Commercial Airplane
Describes the utility of multi-engine aircraft with special regard to the Argosy, which will seat up to 20 passengers and who's engines turn out nearly 1200 HP. The Argosy had a top speed of 110 MPH,...
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