United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Washington : G.P.O. · leaf 462
ons. In this manner, on figure 13, havebeen represented: Gf a reference line, invariably connected with the airplane wings, from which theangle of attack is measured. V the self-speed. % the angle of attack. 7 the angle of inclination of the flying path to the horizontal, counted positive… … Airplanes are generally built in such a way that for horizontal flying in normal conditions,the thrust Q is directed along the speed V. The angle of attack that corresponds to thoseconditions will be designated by i^. The vertical component of V, designated by Uin figure 14, is called the rate of…
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