Flight Investigation of Wing-Gun Fairings on a Fighter Type Airplane

Abstract

Description is given of flight tests conducted on gun fairings, designed to correct the detrimental effects of the projecting and submerged wing guns on an F4F-3 fighter. It was found that the installation of unfaired guns on a clean wing resulted in a premature stall that increased the stalling speed in the carrier-approach and landing conditions of flight by suitably fairing the guns, it was possible to reduce the stalling speeds to values approaching very nearly the clean-wing values.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1941
Accession Number
ADA800761

Entities

People

  • J. M. Nissen
  • M. D. White

Organizations

  • Langley Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Aeronautics
  • Air Flow
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Blast Tubes
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flow
  • Gun Barrels
  • Gun Muzzles
  • Guns
  • Landing Gear
  • Stalling
  • Tail Wheels
  • Tubes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.