THE relative merits of the monoplane and the biplane have often been argued, and the respective advantages which, up to the present, have been claimed on either side still leave the solution of the question in doubt. Until now the bias in this country has been towards the biplane, but, as the knowledge with regard to methods of obtaining torsionally stiff structures grows, the pendulum is bound to swing the other way.


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    Title :

    Cantilever Wings for Modern Aircraft


    Subtitle :

    Some Aspects of Cantilever Wing Construction with Special Reference to Weight and Torsional Stiffness


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1929-06-01


    Size :

    4 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Cantilever wings for modern aircraft

    Stieger, H.J. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1929


    Cantilever wings for modern aircraft

    Stieger, H.J. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1929


    Cantilever wings for modern aircraft

    Stieger, H.J. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1929


    Cantilever wings

    Duncanson, F. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1929


    Cantilever wings

    Duncanson, F. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1929