Explanation of why weight saving is so important and problems involved in keeping weight low without sacrificing anything of fundamental importance; effect of performance and military load on airplane size; foremost among newer materials are 75 ST aluminum alloy, SAE 4340 steel heat treated to 260,000 to 280,000 psi, and titanium; problem of engine selection.
Design of light-weight, high performance military aircraft
Soc Automotive Engrs -- Paper
Society of Automotive Engineers -- Meeting ; 1954
1954
7 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
© Metadata Copyright Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
DESIGN OF LIGHT-WEIGHT, HIGH-PERFORMANCE MILITARY AIRCRAFT
SAE Technical Papers | 1954
|Conversion of Light-Weight Commercial Aircraft to Fulfill a Specific Military Mission
SAE Technical Papers | 1969
|Military possibilities of light aircraft
Engineering Index Backfile | 1941
|Design approach for light weight aircraft structures
AIAA | 1993
|