Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 16 Issue 1

UN SECRET DE POLICHINELLE

W. Lockwood Marsh

ON the seventh of this month the fact was officially announced that there have been for some time a number of British designed jet‐propulsion aeroplanes flying in England and…

British Reports on German Aeroplanes IX—German Cowlings

THIS note describes the arrangement of the engine cowlings on certain types of German aircraft. In each case the cowling is attached directly to the engine and not to the fuselage…

Some Notes on Pneumatic Tyres

R. Hadekel, B. Sc, A.F.R.Ae.S. Chief Designer, Messier Aircraft Equipment, Ltd.

TYRES get very little attention of the inquisitive sort from those whose business it is to incorporate them in the aircraft. The only information that is usually required (and…

Solution of Biquadratic Equations

W.S. Brown

IN applications of mathematics to aerodynamics, the biquadratic or quartic equation is of frequentoccurrence.Itarises forinstance in studies of aircraft stability as the…

A Philosophy of Strength Factors

A.G. Pugsley

IN aeronautical work the general engineering outlook in regard to the specification of strength factors has been supplemented by an appreciation of the unusually variable nature…

Foreign Research Progress: Translations Issued by the N.A.C.A.

An investigation is made of two stapes of a multi‐stage turbo‐blower having a vanelcss diffuscr behind the impeller and guide vanes at the inlet to the next stage. The method…

Organization of the Manufacture of Parts: Detail Arrangements Necessary for the Control and Progress of Work in the Shops

D. Tiranti

THE method of controlling work on the factory varies considerably. It can start from simply telling an operator the quantity required of a certain part, handing him the blueprint…

Control of Fine Finished Surfaces

J. Ferdinand Kayser, M Assoc.

THE correct functioning of many pieces of apparatus depends not only upon dimensional accuracy, but also upon the surface finish of contacting surfaces. Practically all…

Lockheed Chain‐Line Assembly

Harry Wilkin Perry

FIRST doubling, then tripling of the rate of production of the Lockheed Lightning fighter without expansion of plant size has been made possible, by ingenious engineering…

U.S. Patent Specifications

A sheetlike skin construction material for aircraft comprising a corrugated sheet, a plurality of transverse reinforcements individually consisting of a flat strip of material…