Results of investigations of several promising methods for alleviating the drag rise of transport configurations at high subsonic speeds are reviewed briefly. The methods include a wing leading-edge extension, a fuselage addition, and additions on the wing. Also, results are presented for a complete, improved transport configuration which incorporates the fuselage and wing additions and show that the improved configuration could have considerably higher cruise speeds than do current designs.
Several Methods for Reducing the Drag of Transport Configurations at High Subsonic Speeds
1959-03-01
Miscellaneous
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English
Several methods for reducing drag of transport configurations at high subsonic speeds
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