Military aeroplanes; an explanatory consideration of their characteristics, performances, construction, maintenance, and operation, for the use of aviators (1918)
Loening, Grover Cleveland, 1888- · [Boston : W. S. Best Printing Company · leaf 57
ishes, 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 KKSISTAXCE OF SEXERAI. SFRUTS OF DIFFERENT SHAPE 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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