Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 17 Issue 1

A case to answer

WE publish in this issue a moving appeal from one who is an electrical expert, with wide pre‐war experience in general civilian installations, for a remodelling of the electrical…

The Failure of Struts: A Theoretical Examination Covering Various Materials and Sections

A.N. Kinkead

IN present day structural design we are very often faced with the problem of a strut of some particular constant cross section with partially fixed or free pin‐jointed end…

Tailless Aircraft and Flying Wings: A Study of Their Evolution and Their Problems

A.R. Weyl

In the First Russian Soaring Flight Competition at Feodosia (Crimea) in 1923, a very light “all‐wing” sailplane took part. The parabola plan shape of its wing, its small span and…

Redundant Pin‐Jointed Frames

H.E. Vincent

THERE is an old saying that before you can cook your hare you must first catch it. The stressman might interpret this as “before you can stress a redundant frame you must first…

The Fundamentals of Flutter

W.J. Duncan

A NUMBER of attempts have already been made to present a simple and easily understood account of wing flutter 1,2,3,4,5,6, but it appears that the subject is still obscure and…

Electrical Equipment in Multi‐Engined Aircraft

T. Kearns

THE forbearance of readers is requested at the outset for a personal note, considered to be inseparable from the basic purpose of this paper. The author's professional duties for…

Air Registration Board: Notices to Licensed Aircraft Engineers and to Owners of Civil Aircraft

The Air Navigation regulations require that the certification of an aircraft before flight shall be made, in respect of the airframe, by an aircraft engineer licensed in Category…

Negative‐Rake Milling

J.Q. Holmes, R.C. Holloway

SOME truly remarkable results in high‐speed or “hyper” milling of steel forgings have been attained on a production basis at Eastern Aircraft's Linden, N. J., plant. To date, work…

U.S. Patent Specifications

An aircraft retractable undercarriage comprising a landing wheel strut having pivotally articulated upper and lower sections, a landing wheel carried at the lower end of said…