Aerodynamic considerations led us, not long ago, to investigate a device which seemed to promise a contribution to the problem of reducing the landing speed of an airplane. We have subsequently learned that similar devices had already been proposed and investigated by others, but it seems advisable, nevertheless, to report our results. The problem is to create, in landing, a region of turbulence on the lower side of the wing near the trailing edge by some obstacle to the air flow. The devices tested by us consisted of flaps of varying chord and position, the chord s being equal to the distance of the pivot from the trailing edge.


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    Title :

    A simple method for increasing the lift of airplane wings by means of flaps


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft fur Luftfahrt (21st : 1932 : Berlin)


    Publication date :

    1933-06-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English



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