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Effect of changes in tail arrangement upon the spinning of a low-wing monoplane model / by C.H. Zimmerman.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Zimmerman, Charles Horton, 1908-1996, author.
- Series:
- Technical note (United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) ; 570.
- Technical note / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ; No. 570
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Airplanes--Tail surfaces.
- Airplanes.
- Air flow.
- Spin (Aerodynamics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (8 pages, 4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, [D.C.] : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1936.
- Summary:
- A series of tests was made in the N.A.C.A. free-spinning tunnel to find the effect upon spinning characteristics of systematic changes in tail arrangement. The tests were made with a 1/16-scale mode of a low-wing monoplane of modern design. The changes consisted of : (1) variation of the fuselage length; (2) variation of the fore-and-aft location of the vertical surfaces ; and (3) variation of the vertical location of the horizontal surfaces.
- The spinning characteristics of the model, including the number of turns required for recovery, were found to vary systematically and regularly with systematic changes in the tail arrangement. The following changes in tail arrangement had harmful effects upon the recovery characteristics (which originally were excellent): (1) shortening the fuselage ; (2) placing the vertical surfaces directly above the horizontal sufraces as compared with locations either fore or aft of this position ; (3) moving the horizontal surfaces downward from their original location at the tope of the fuselage.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed April 13, 2020).
- "June 1936."
- "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: Zimmerman, C. H. Effect of changes in tail arrangement upon the spinning of a low-wing monoplane model
- OCLC:
- 1150919729
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