Necessity for increasing safety in flight of gliders has led to development of brake surface arrangement with which highly satisfactory results were obtained; brake valve has now been applied experimentally to Focke Wulf power airplane, with view to reducing diving speed; present status of vertical dive brakes for both types of airplanes discussed.


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    Title :

    DFS vertical dive brakes on airplanes and gliders


    Additional title:

    DFS-Sturzflugbremsen an Segel- und Motorflugzeugen


    Contributors:
    Jacobs, H. (author) / Wanner, A. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1938


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    German




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