Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 16 Issue 7
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BEATING THE DRUM
UNDER the heading “The Invasion Day Has Been Set,” there appeared in the March 15 issue of the American journal Aero Digest an article which embodied a most remarkable attack on…
Estimation of Aircraft Ceilings
J.F. FossA NEED has often been felt by the writer for a general curve giving the ceiling of an aeroplane with all engines operating, and with one or more out of operation, in terms of the…
The Utilization of Exhaust Thrust: Separate Exhaust Pipes Compared with a Single Manifold
N.Ya. LitvinovIN recent times, jet thrust has been used in aircraft by two different methods, depending on the practical possibilities and design con‐siderations (1) by means of a capacity‐type…
The Mercedes‐Benz DB.605 Al Engine: A Russian Account of The Improvements Made
DURING the first two and a half years of this war the principal acro‐engine of the German Luftwaffe was the Mercedes‐Benz DB.601. Until recently this was the only engine used in…
Screws and Airscrews: A Mechanical Conception of Aerodynamics
T.H. DayBEFORE dealing with the airscrew, it is proposed to compare the systems of forces acting on an aerofoil section with those acting on an inclined plane.
The I.Ae.S. Annual Meeting
Alexander KleminA paper by James George of the Civil Aeronautics Administration entitled “Development of Stall Warning Indicators”, covered three distinct types of stall warning devices. Two of…
Engine‐Airscrew Vibration
J. MorrisIT is usual when presenting a paper of this nature to start off with an ex cathedra pronouncement that the results of recent research and past experience now make it possible, for…
Roots of Frequency Equations: Nature and Distribution of Roots
R.G. ManleyTHE “escalator” method of solving frequency equations, developed by Morris and Head (Ref. 1), and the natural extension of a Lemma by Professor Temple, together enable simple…
Production Control: The Production Plan
D. TirantiONE of the first essentials in the initiation of any work is to organize it to a definite plan; which may be interpreted as follows:
The Use of Drills as Precision Tools
H. MooreA TWIST drill should not always be regarded as something fit only, for producing holes of approximate accuracy. With close attention to the rules govering this kind of tool it is…
Aero‐Engine Production
E. FairbrotherTHE production of aircraft engines in this country may be considered to have started with the trials which took place in 1914, organized by the War Office (Naval and Military…
A New Flexible Bearing: A Compensating Device for use in Undercarriages, Control Circuits and Rotating Machinery
F.E. BurgerTHE bearing described in this article may help to solve many problems peculiar to aircraft design, where deflections of large orders are experienced between one location and…
Tools for the Workshop
IT is well known that the spot welding of light alloys of inherently high electrical conductivity involves several problems necessitating the use of specialized high capacity…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In the application of a thin sheet metal covering to an airplane wing frame including a spanwise spar and a plurality of ribs fixed thereto, the steps of inserting an electrode…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb