Annual report - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1915)
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics · Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off · leaf 364
alculated curve of the values of tan <f> at which unstable autorotation occurs for the biplane. These additions are intended only as a rough indication of existing conditions. FORCE TESTS AND AUTOROTATION CALCULATIONS The polar diagrams in Figure 12 afford another illustration of the marked… … and 7), and recent biplane pressure distribution experiments carried to 90° angle of attack (conducted at this laboratory), proved this fact conclusively. Positive stagger or upper wing overhang may be expected to reduce biplane autorotational tendencies by reducing this shielding, thereby…
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