Military aeroplanes, simplified, enlarged; an explanatory consideration of their characteristics, performances, construction, maintenance, and operation, specifically arranged for the use of aviators and students (1918)
nt stability characteristic of an aeroplane —•the powerftil corrective action, on disturbances of longitudinal equi-librium of the convergent tandem arrangement of surfaces. The definitions of the convergent tandem system, often called thelongitudinal dihedral, which is so desirable for… … PlliHCr\ B)FLANE For most practical purposes, on the average present day aero-plane, the complete tail surface, situated at about three chord lengthsfrom the main surface, is made to have an area of about ith of themain surface. This is inclusive of the flaps, which are merely a meansof altering…
Airplanes · Aeronautics, Military
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