This paper present a description of the method employed and results obtained in full-scale turning trials on the rigid airship U. S. S. "Los Angeles". The results of this investigation are not sufficiently comprehensive to permit definite conclusions as to the variation of turning characteristics with changes in speed and rudder angle. They indicate however, that the turning radius compares favorably with that for other large airships, that the radius is independent of the speed, that the position of the point of zero yaw is nearly independent of the rudder angle and air speed, and that a theoretical relation between radius and angle of yaw in a turn gives a close approximation to actuality.
Full-Scale Turning Characteristics of the U.S.S. Los Angeles
1930-01-01
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English
Full-scale turning characteristics of the U.S.S. Los Angeles
TIBKAT | 1929
|Flight tests on U.S.S. Los Angeles
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
|Full-scale turning characteristics of the U.S. Los Angeles
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
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