Comparison of Tests on Air Propellers in Flight with Wind Tunnel Model Tests on Similar Forms (1926)
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ATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS After installation in the airplane it was noted that the engine appeared to be rather rough, missing considerably at part throttle, and that, with the airplane on the ground and held stationary, it did not drive the propellers at the speeds expected from… … Fig. 9 detected. The installation was therefore checked over, a minor intake manifold leak conected, the two magnetos used in the calibration replaced by tested accessories (Dixie 800), and the mixture control adjustment wired fast in the full rich position. With these changes the missing was…
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