Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 12 Issue 10
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A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT
WE are glad to have the opportunity of publishing for the information of production engineers details of a new type of milling machine of British design and manufacture.
Control‐Surface Mass‐Balancing: The Fundamental Problems Connected with the Full Dynamic Balancing of Control Surfaces
P.B. WalkerTHE importance of control surface mass balancing does not need to be emphasized, and it is well known that the faster aeroplanes fly, the greater is the care and attention which…
Fatigue in Aeroplane Structures: A German Appreciation of the Relationship of Recurrent Stresses and Structural Failure
O. NissenCONSIDERED as a whole, the questions associated with the problem of dynamic strength may be classified as follows:
Investigations on V.P. Airscrews: A Description of the Work Carried Out in Connexion with the Development of a New Swiss Airscrew
F. Salzmann, A. von der MühllCOMPREHENSIVE research on the stress conditions of the airscrew hub, arising from the centrifugal forces which exceed 30 tons on each blade, have led to important advances in…
Single‐Stage Superchargers: A Discussion of the Limiting Factors in the Performance of this type of Blower
Ing. K. KollmanIN many types of engine the supercharger is built on to the accessory‐drive end, that is the rear of the engine, so that the supercharger shaft lies co‐axially or parallel with…
The Guidonia High‐Speed Tunnel: A Description of the Italian Wind Tunnel Built for Super‐Sonic Research
A. FerriWHEN the Italian Air Ministry decided to build a research station at Guidonia for the study of high speeds, work of this kind had already been initiated at the main aerodynamical…
Research Reports and Memoranda
This work represents a study of the deformation of the membranes used in the construction of aneroid capsules under the influence of a difference in pressure between the two faces…
A New British Milling Machine: Details of a Machine Specially Designed for Milling Spar Booms
PARTICULARS have recently been released of the new Wickman‐Hollroyd spar‐boom horizontal milling machine which is being manufactured by A. C. Wickman Ltd., of Coventry. This tool…
The Jigging of Modern Airframes: A Review of Some of the Methods Used by British and Foreign Manufacturers
J.H.S.THIS article is the first of a short series which is intended to summarize and, to some extent, correlate the methods used in the production of several well‐known types of modern…
German Production Equipment
K. FrydagAT the time of the advent of the all‐metal aeroplane, there were no machine tools and equipment well suited to the peculiar manufacturing operations required. Save for the…
Two New British Precision Instruments: Details of Instruments Recently Developed for the Home and Foreign Market
The two measuring instruments described hereafter are new British designs developed to replace models marketed by the Karl Zeiss Company. They are both instruments of a type…
British Standard Specifications
The British Standards Institution is engaged on the compilation of a technical handbook in the Spanish language, the object of which is to make known to prospective purchasers in…
Recent German Patents
Claim The trailing edge of the main wing is composed of a flap 4 movable around an axis 3. A lever 5 is rigidly connected with the flap. A crosshead engaged in a slotted guide…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In an aircraft the combination with an engine and a propeller of streamlining devices comprising a streamlined spinner section rotatably mounted on the engine shaft forward of the…
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- Prof Phil Webb