Some developments in aircraft design and application during the War (1919)
Weir of Eastwood, William Douglas Weir, Viscount, 1877-1959, North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders · [S.l. : s.n.] · leaf 32
howed considerable merit. The Progress of Design and Condruciion of Propellers.—Thescrew propeller has for many years been used as an organ ofpropulsion for marine craft. It was not, therefore, a totally newI)roblem with the advent of aircraft. In its use on aircraft thepropeller altered its shape,… … Fig. 12.—Tandem Propellers. Handley Page V.1500. number of designs. The variations met with in aircraft workare very great. At the present day, aircraft speeds vary from 40m.p.h. in the airship to 150 m.p.h. in the aeroplane. The enginesvary from 40 horse-power to 600 horse-power, while the…
Great Britain. Royal Air Force · World War, 1914-1918 · Aeronautics, Military
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