The preliminary tests described here were made to determine the extent to which wing tip floating ailerons might be effective in reducing airplane spinning tendencies. The tests showed that initial spinning tendencies and rates of stable spinning could doubtless be reduced by the use of tip floating ailerons on an airplane. It also appears to be desirable to reduce to a minimum the interference between wing and aileron. This would serve to maintain uniformity of action at all angles of attack and enable calculation of the aileron characteristics.
The Effect of Wing Tip Floating Ailerons on the Autorotation of a Monoplane Wing Model
1930-03-01
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The effect of wing tip floating ailerons on the autorotation of a monoplane wing model
Engineering Index Backfile | 1930
|Wind tunnel tests on a model of a monoplane wing with floating ailerons
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
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