Aviation engines; design--construction--operation and repair; (1919)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 22
ounds of work done in onesecond to equal one horse-power. Naturally, the amountof propeller thrust measured in pounds necessary to drivean airplane must be greater than the resistance by a sub-stantial margin if the plane is to fly and climb as well. Computations for Horse-Power Needed 23 The… … L= Liff = Weight = W D = Drift R= Reaction a = Angle of Incidence Tan a =-£,D= TanocL
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