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Book Synopsis Hovering and Transition Flight Tests of a 1/5-Scale Model of a Jet-Powered Vertical-Attitude VTOL Research Airplane by :
Download or read book Hovering and Transition Flight Tests of a 1/5-Scale Model of a Jet-Powered Vertical-Attitude VTOL Research Airplane written by . This book was released on 1961. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vertical-attitude airplane, which is powered by a single turbojet engine, has a triangular wing mounted high on the fuselage with a triangular tail on top of the wing and has no horizontal tail. The airplane has conventional elevon and rudder controls for use in normal flight and has jet-reaction controls for use in hovering and at low airspeeds. The investigation included stability and control flight tests of the basic model configuration and also included a study of the effects of engine gyroscopic moments on stability and control. (Author).