Accession Number:

ADB806915

Title:

Wind-Tunnel Investigations of Diving Brakes

Descriptive Note:

Technical memo.

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Fuchs, D.

Report Date:

1942-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

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.

Descriptors:

• *AIR BRAKE FLAPS
• GERMAN LANGUAGE
• GERMANY(EAST AND WEST)
• TRANSLATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Aircraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE