A Douglas C-74 airplane, during a test dive at about 0.525 Mach number, experienced uncontrollable longitudinal oscillations sufficient to cause shedding of the outer wing panels and the subsequent crash of the airplane. Tests of a section of the horizontal tail plane from a C-74 airplane were conducted in the Ames 16-foot high-speed wind tunnel to investigate the possibility of the tail as a contributing factor to the accident. The results of the investigations of fabric-covered elevators in various conditions of surface deformation are presented in this report.


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    Title :

    Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Portion o the Horizontal Tail from a Douglas C-74 Airplane with Fabric-Covered Elevators


    Contributors:
    A. Perone (author) / C. L. Berthold (author)

    Publication date :

    1947


    Size :

    54 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English