This work on accelerometry was done at McCook Field for the purpose of continuing the work done by other investigators and obtaining the accelerations which occur when a high-speed pursuit airplane is subjected to the more common maneuvers. The accelerations obtained in suddenly pulling out of a dive with well-balanced elevators are shown to be within 3 or 4 per cent of the theoretically possible accelerations. The maximum acceleration which a pilot can withstand depends upon the length of time the acceleration is continued. It is shown that he experiences no difficulty under the instantaneous accelerations as high as 7.8 G., but when under accelerations in excess of 4.5 G., continued for several seconds, he quickly loses his faculties.
Accelerations in Flight
1925-01-01
Miscellaneous
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English
Engineering Index Backfile | 1925
|TIBKAT | 1921
|Engineering Index Backfile | 1921
|NTRS | 1921
|Instrument for measuring low frequency accelerations in flight
Engineering Index Backfile | 1940
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