This report describes flight and landing tests made on a group of conventional airplanes. The upward deflection of the elevators was limited to the point where the airplanes could not be made to spin without the aid of power. With the elevator travel thus limited, the airplane in every case had good lateral stability and good aileron effectiveness up to the highest angles of attack which could be obtained in a glide, although this was not true in any case without the limited control. All ordinary flight maneuvers could be performed with the elevator displacement limited, but usually there was not sufficient control to get the tail down for a normal 3-point landing.


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    Title :

    Preliminary Investigation of Modifications to Conventional Airplanes to Give Nonstalling and Short-Landing Characteristics


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    Publication date :

    1933-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English