In accordance with the request of the Materiel Division, Army Air Corps, as contained in their letter to the NACA, dated August 11, 1941, tests were performed to determine the spin characteristics of a 1/20-scale model of the Bell XP-39E airplane. The effects of control dispositions were investigated, and brief tests were made with the mass distribution and center-of-gravity location varied moderately. The effect of installing an external 614-poound demolition bomb was determined, as was also the effect of modifying the tail.


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    Title :

    Spin Tests of a 1/20-Scale Model of the Bell XP-39E Airplane


    Contributors:
    A I Neihouse (author) / J W Klinar (author)

    Publication date :

    1942-02-09


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English