Strategic importance of water based aircraft, able to operate from unprepared ports afforded by seas and waterways; analysis of relative penalties against optimum operational efficiency involved in design of landplanes as against waterplanes; author maintains that most of fundamental data of modern hull design is based on complete fallacy; he concludes that transversely flat planing bottom is logical solution; drawbacks of steps and afterbodies of conventional hull designs discussed; phenomenon of "porpoising" analyzed; field of hydrofoils considered; new approach to problem of designing and building water planes equal in performance to landplanes urged. (See also - n 7 July 1942 p 91-3, 288, and 291-2, n 8 Aug p 93-5, 252, and 255, n 9 Sept p 116-9 and 285-6, n 10 Oct p 122-3, 314, 317-8 and 321-2)


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    Title :

    Future of water-based airplanes


    Additional title:

    Aviation


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Aviation ; 41 , n 11


    Publication date :

    1942


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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