A program of model tests has been completed at Langley tank no. 1 which will furnish a qualitative guide as to the relation of length of afterbody and depth of step. The model used for the tests was a 1/12-size unpowered dynamic model of a hypothetical 160,000-pound airplane. The results showed that an increase in length of afterbody requires an accompanying increase in depth of step to maintain adequate landing stability changing the length of afterbody and depth of step in such a manner as to maintain a given landing stability will result in only small changes in take-off stability.


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    Title :

    Effect of Afterbody Length of the Hydrodynamic Stability of a Dynamic Model of a Flying Boat - Langley Tank Model 134


    Contributors:
    N. S. Land (author)

    Publication date :

    1945


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English