Advantages and disadvantages of engine location in Vickers' V.C.10 and Sud Aviation's Caravelle are assessed against currently podded installations in Boeing 707, Douglas D.C.8, and Convair 880 series; areas discussed include structural design, tailplanes, areodynamics (including boundary-layer control), systems engineering, safety, and operations; rearengined transports are expected to be in general service by 1965.
Design of jet transport with rear-mounted engines
Aerospace Eng
Aerospace Engineering ; 19 , n 10
1960
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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