Research Related to Variable Sweep Aircraft Development
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Page : 46 pages
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Release : 1981
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Page : 46 pages
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Author : C. H. Meyer
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Page : 16 pages
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Release : 1963
Category : Airplanes
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In the late 1940's, it appeared that the capabilities of the catapult and arresting gear on existing carriers were becoming inadequate for the higher airplane weights and speeds which accompanied the introduction of turbojet-powered, swept-wing carrier-based aircraft. The U.S. Navy's approach to the problem encompassed two developments, the angled carrier deck in combination with the steam catapult and the Grumman XF10F-1 fighter with variable geometry wings for reduction of take-off and landing speeds. Although the XF10F-1 did not go into production because of certain other unsatisfactory design innovations, the wing, which could be swept in the air from 13 1/2 to 42 1/2 degrees, was shown to be operationally feasible and structurally practical. It also gave the expected reduction in aircraft take-off and landing speeds which could have offset carrier modifications. As aircraft size and performance continued to increase during the last decade, the problem of catapult capability versus carrier aircraft weight and speed again became apparent. This time, the TFX variable geometry wing aircraft was considered a more practical solution than further increasing the carrier catapult and arresting capabilities. (Author).
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Page : 912 pages
File Size : 35,20 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Aeronautics
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Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 28,82 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Aeronautics
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Two-volume collection of case studies on aspects of NACA-NASA research by noted engineers, airmen, historians, museum curators, journalists, and independent scholars. Explores various aspects of how NACA-NASA research took aeronautics from the subsonic to the hypersonic era.-publisher description.
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Page : 388 pages
File Size : 32,37 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Aeronautics
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Page : 18 pages
File Size : 13,73 MB
Release : 1983
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Author : Joseph R. Chambers
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Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,91 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Aeronautics, Military
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Established in 1917 as the nation#s first civil aeronautics research laboratory under the National Advisory Commit-tee for Aeronautics (NACA), Langley was a small laboratory that solved the problems of flight for military and civil aviation. Throughout history, Langley has maintained a working partnership with the Department of Defense, U.S. industry, universities, and other government agencies to support the defense of the nation with research. During World War II, Langley directed virtually all of its workforce and facilities to research for military aircraft. Following the war, a balanced program of military and civil projects was undertaken. In some instances Langley research from one aircraft program helped solve a problem in another. At the conclusion of some programs, Langley obtained the research models for additional tests to learn more about previously unknown phenomena. The data also proved useful in later developmental programs. Many of the military aircraft in the U.S. inventory as of late 1999 were over 20 years old. Langley activities that contributed to the development of some of these aircraft began over 50 years prior. This publication documents the role, from early concept stages to problem solving for fleet aircraft, that Langley played in the military aircraft fleet of the United States for the 1990's.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics
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Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,42 MB
Release : 1968
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Advanced Research and Technology
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Page : 388 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Aeronautics
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Committee Serial No. 10. Investigates private and Federal programs to encourage aeronautical research and further applications of technological advances in civil and military aviation.
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Page : 212 pages
File Size : 28,2 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Science
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