Landing characteristics of an autogiro / by William C. Peck.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Peck, William C., author.

Contributor:

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

Series:

Technical note (United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) ; 508.

Technical note / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ; No. 508

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autogiros.

Airplanes--Landing.

Airplanes.

autogiros.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9 pages, 3 unnumbered pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Washington, [D.C.] : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1934.

Summary:

An investigation to determine the rate of descent, the horizontal velocity, and the attitude at contact of an autogiro in landings was made to cover various types of landings.

The results of the investigation disclosed that the maximum rate of descent at contact with the ground (10.6 feet per second) was less than the minimum rate of descent attainable in a steady glide (15.8 feet per second) ; that the rates of descent at contact were of the same order of magnitude as those experienced by conventional airplanes in landings; that flared landings resulted in very low horizontal velocities at contact; and that unexpectedly high lift and drag force coefficients were developed in the latter stages of the flared landings.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed March 18, 2020).

"November 1934."

"Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory."

No Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item number.

Includes bibliographical references (page 8).

Electronic reproduction. Denton, Texas : University of North Texas, 2011. Electronic reproduction from print master produced by University of North Texas.

Other Format:

Print version: Peck, William C. Landing characteristics of an autogiro

OCLC:

1145759775