Wind-Tunnel Investigations of Diving Brakes

Abstract

Unduly high diving speeds can be effectively controlled by diving brakes. But their employment involves at the same time a number of disagreeable features: namely, rotation of zero lift direction, variation of diving moment, and the creation of a potent dead air region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1942
Accession Number
ADB806915

Entities

People

  • D. Fuchs

Organizations

  • National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Coefficients
  • Control Surfaces
  • Employment
  • Fuselages
  • Gliders
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Rotation
  • Surfaces
  • Trailing Edges
  • Translations
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.