Since 1915, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), transformed into NASA in 1958, has performed cutting-edge research to solve the problems of flight. Using a Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat during World War II, NACA engineers at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (now Langley Research Center) in Hampton, Virginia, used this aircraft to investigate the cuffs on the propeller blades to determine their efficiency. While not built to the full production standard of other Grumman Wildcats, research on this aircraft, the second F4F-3, proved most successful in advancing knowledge of the aerodynamics of this engine and propeller system. A close-up of the propeller blades with Curtiss Electric Propellers' logo is shown.


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    Title :

    Celebrating a Century of Flight


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    Publication date :

    2002-01-01



    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

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    Language :

    English





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