The installation and correction of compasses in airplanes / by M.F. Schoeffel.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Schoeffel, M. F. (Malcolm Francis), 1898-1991, author.

Contributor:

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

Series:

Technical note (United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) ; 262.

Technical notes / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ; No. 262

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautical instruments.

Navigation (Aeronautics).

Gyro compass.

Airplanes--Fuselage.

Airplanes.

gyrocompasses.

fuselages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (17 pages, 4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington [D.C.] : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1927.

Summary:

The saving of time that results from flying across country on compass headings is beginning to be widely recognized. At the same time the general use of steel tube fuselages has made a knowledge of compass correction much more necessary than was the case when wooden fuselages were the rule.

This paper has been prepared primarily for the benefit of the pilot who has never studied navigation and who does not desire to go into the subject more deeply than to be able to fly compass courses with confidence. It also contains material for the designer who wishes to install his compass with the expectation that they may be accurately corrected.

Notes:

Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (TRAIL, viewed June 1, 2020).

"August 1927."

No Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item number.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Schoeffel, M.F. Installation and correction of compasses in airplanes

OCLC:

1127388759