Background of work on variable-sweep aircraft and review of work done at Warton research and development center of British Aircraft Corp, Preston Div; to achieve full benefit from variable geometry, following range of processes are presented as part of normal design procedure -- geometry, discontinuities, and stiffness; survey of potential problems posed by introduction of variable sweep shows that none of them are likely to strain processes in existing methods of development for high-speed aircraft. Abridged adaptation of paper presented to Structure Sub-Committee of Aeronautical Research Council in June 1966, recently released for publication.


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    Title :

    Problems of variable-geometry aircraft


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Contributors:
    Heath, B.O. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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