An Investigation of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of an Airplane Equipped with Several Different Sets of Wings (1929)
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account negligible. APPARATUS AND METHOD Airplane and Wings.—A standard Sperry Messenger airplane (fig. 1) equipped with United States Air Service propeller No. 048765 and with four interchangeable sets of wings of different airfoil section was used in this investigation. The airfoil sections were… … Fig. 1.—Sperry ]\Iossenger airplane with flight path angle recorder installed wings with plywood between the leading edge and the front spar. The dimensions of the biplane cellule were the same for all sets of wings: Span 20 feet, gap 3 feet 10 inches, dihedral 13^°, and incidence +2°. The…
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