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Wind-tunnel investigation at high subsonic speeds of the stability characteristics of a complete model having sweptback-,M-,W-,and cranked-wing plan forms and several horizontal-tail locations

contributor authorNASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
date accessioned2017-09-04T18:38:26Z
date available2017-09-04T18:38:26Z
date copyright01/01/1954
date issued1954
identifier otherJPSWXDAAAAAAAAAA.pdf
identifier urihttps://lib.yabesh.ir/std/handle/yse/220209
description abstractINTRODUCTION
The use of thin swept wings to improve the high-speed-performance characteristics of airplanes has resulted in abrupt reductions in longitudinal stability that have been described as "pitch-up". Results of an intensive study of means for alleviating the pitch-up tendency on configurations having a 45° sweptback wing of aspect ratio 4.0 and taper ratio 0.3 have been reported in references 1 to 4. Of the various wing modifications and tail positions previously studied, it appeared that satisfactory high-lift stability (particularly at mach numbers near 0.9) could be obtained only by combining one of the most effective leading-edge modifications with a tail position well below the wing-chord plane. The present investigation was undertaken to determine conditions under which satisfactory stability might be obtained when the basic swept-wing plan form is modified by ore extreme measures than those considered in references 1 to 4. The modifications to the basic swept wing were made by shearing the airfoil sections to form composite wing plan forms described as the M-, W-, and cranked types. Longitudinal characteristics were determined for a model equipped with each of these wings (including the basic sweptback wing) and with the horizontal-tail located at various heights. Some lateral stability characteristics were determined for two of these wings.
languageEnglish
titleNACA-RM-L54C29num
titleWind-tunnel investigation at high subsonic speeds of the stability characteristics of a complete model having sweptback-,M-,W-,and cranked-wing plan forms and several horizontal-tail locationsen
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page73
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treeNASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):;1954
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