Books by "Frank S. Malvestuto"

3 books found

Flight Investigation of the Effect of Various Vertical-tail Modifications on the Directional Stability and Control Characteristics of a Propeller-driven Fighter Airplane

Flight Investigation of the Effect of Various Vertical-tail Modifications on the Directional Stability and Control Characteristics of a Propeller-driven Fighter Airplane

by Arthur Kantrowitz, Eric Reissner, Frank S. Malvestuto, George R. Costello, Harold I. Johnson, Melvin E. Laverne, Warren A. Tucker, United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Kenneth Margolis, Leo Diesendruck, Melivn E. Laverne, Richard Hood, Robert L. Nelson, Aaron S. Boksenbom, Bertham J. Eisenstadt

1950

The lateral flow characteristics in the region of a vertical tail have been investigated experimentally and theoretically at low subsonic speeds. The effects of changes in wing-body geometry such as nose position and shape, fuselage cross-sectional shape, and wing vertical position are described. The theoretical model which approximates the separated flow phenomena by a simple cylinder-vortex flow is described in an appendix.