Summary of practical results achieved by Daniel Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition towards promotion of safer aviation; advantages of variable-wing area and variable camber could not be determined; variable incidence wing appears to have little or no justification; advantages of slots and flaps in lowering minimum speed were clearly demonstrated; airplane equipped with floating ailerons exhibited unusually good controllability at speeds near minimum with or without slots and flaps.


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    Title :

    Fund reports contest results


    Additional title:

    Aviation


    Published in:

    Aviation ; 28 , n 10


    Publication date :

    1930


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English