Attempts were made to alleviate the buffeting of external fuel tanks mounted under the wings of a twin-engine Navy fighter plane. The Mach number at which the buffeting began was increased from 0.529 to 0.640 by streamlining the sway braces and increasing the lateral rigidity of the sway brace system. Further increases of the Mach number, at which buffeting began to 0.725, was obtained by moving the external fuel tank to a position under the fuselage.


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    Title :

    Buffeting of External Fuel Tanks at High Speeds on a Grumman F7F-3 Airplane


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1947


    Size :

    34 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English