An automatically variable control linkage and its effect on the lateral-control characteristics of a high-speed fighter airplane /
by Harry E. Murray and Clarence L. Gillis.

Description

Main Author

Murray, Harry E.

Related Names

Gillis, Clarence L.
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory.

Language(s)

English

Published

Langley Field, VA : Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, 1944.

Subjects

Aerodynamics.
Ailerons.
Fighter planes.

Summary

Summary: An analysis and a preliminary design were made for a control linkage that varies automatically with dynamic pressure. This device can provide greater lateral control than a fixed control linkage at all but one airspeed without additional aerodynamic balance. The mechanical construction should present no unusual problems and both the weight and volume of the device appear sufficiently small for use in single-seat fighter airplanes as well as in large machines.

Note

"NACA WARTIME REPORTS are reprints of papers originally issued to provide rapid distribution of advance research results to an authorized group requiring them for the war effort. They were previously held under a security status but are now unclassified. Some of these reports were not technically edited. All have been reproduced without change in order to expedite general distribution."
"Originally issued May 1944 as Restricted Bulletin L4E23."
"Report no. L-65."
Also available in electronic format.

Physical Description

12, [5] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

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