A study of the use of various high-lift devices on the horizontal tail of a canard airplane model as a means of increasing the allowable center-of-gravity travel
Year: 1953
Type: article
Abstract: An investigation has been made to study the use of various highlift devices on the horizontal tail of a canard airplane model as a means of increasing the allowable center-of-gravity travel.The results indicated that large increases in allowable center-of-gravity travel could be obtained in this manner.The center-of-gravity travel was not always increased, however, for cases in which the high-lift device increased the tail lift-curve slope and thereby reduced the stability of the configuration.In these cases, the use of high-lift devices linked to deflect automatically in proportion to increases in angle of incidence of the tail appears to offer a means of obtaining the maximum beneficial effect of the high-lift device on the allowable center-ofgravity travel.
Author: Joseph L. Johnson
Language: English
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W245006463