The optical wing aligning device of the Langley Field tunnel / by F.H. Norton and D.L. Bacon.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Norton, F. H. (Frederick Harwood), 1896-1992, author.

Bacon, D. L., author.

Contributor:

United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, issuing body.

Series:

Technical note (United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) ; 35.

Technical notes / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ; No. 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wind tunnels.

Air flow--Measurement.

Air flow.

Langley Air Force Base (Va.).

Virginia--Langley Air Force Base.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1921.

Summary:

In conducting tests on aerofoil models at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, the staff developed a device to permit rapid, convenient and accurate alignment of aerofoils and the wing chord models with the air flow. The device consists of three main parts: a projector, a reflector and a target.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed July 1, 2019).

"January, 1921."

"Aerodynamical Laboratory, Langley Field, Va."

No Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item number.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Norton, F.H. Optical wing aligning device of the Langley Field tunnel

OCLC:

1107323705