Browsing Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Reports & Memoranda by Author "Jones, R."

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The design of a sensitive yawmeter

Pannell, J. R.; Jones, R. (1918)

The investigation was undertaken in response to a request from the Technical Department of the Air Board for information as to the most sensitive form of yawmeter, and for a calibration curve for such an instrument. The ...
The distribution of pressure over the surface of airship model U.721, together with a comparison with the pressure over a spheroid

Jones, R.; Williams, D.H. (1919)

Undertaken to obtain data upon which to base nose-stiffening calculations on new airship. Distribution of pressure was measured over the whole length of the airship model at zero angle of incidence, with wind speed varying ...
Experiments on balanced control surfaces for rigid airships

Jones, R.; Williams, D.H. (1919)

The experiments were conducted at the request of the Airship Design Department of the Admiralty in order to obtain data to assist in designing balanced control surfaces for airships of the R.38 class. Pitching moments ...

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