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)
Loening, Grover Cleveland, 1888- · [Boston, W. S. Best printing company] · leaf 75
shes, and of birds, measurementsof a fast swimming fish showing an almost exact resemblance to thisParseval shape. As a general rule, the best streamline body is the one having a fine-ness ratio of 6 and with the master diameter about 40% back of thenose, both nose and tail being fairly well… … THE RESISTANCE OF SEVERAL STRUTS OF DIFFERENT SHAPE 55 In addition to the form for least resistance, however, the weightof the struts and their strength are factors that must be consideredin choosing the best shapes. We will confine ourselves here, how-ever, to a study of the resistance of various…
Airplanes · Aeronautics, Military
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