The experimental determination of the moments of inertia of airplanes (1934)
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are varied by difficulty in finding points of attachment on the air- use of different combinations of the tie rods. plane that do not endanger the structure. A satis- When used as a bifilar torsion pendulum, the swing- factory method employing the use of the swinging ing gear consists of the same… … Fiqube 7—Universal Joint. is done. The method used for locating the center of gravity is based on the principle that the center of When the latter method is used the plumb line for gravity of a body suspended from a single pivot lies the entire mass, airplane and swinging gear, is found as…
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