Browsing Aeronautical Research Council Reports & Memoranda by Author "D. F. Wright"

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Investigations of the Behaviour of Aircraft When Making a Forced Landing on Water (Ditching)

A. G. Smith; C. H. E. Warren; D. F. Wright (1952)

This investigation reviews the work done up to 1948 on the behaviour of aircraft when making a forced lending on water. It is confined in detail to the tests made on hydrodynamic and structural performance in the Free ...
Towing tank tests on a large six-engine flying boat seaplane, to specification 10/46 Princess. Part 1 General porpoising stability, trim and spray clearance

A.G. Smith; G. L. Fletcher; T. B. Owen; D. F. Wright (1948)

This report gives the results of the first series of towing tank tests made at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Towing Tank (up to May 1947) on a powered dynamic model of a six-engine transport flying boat, later named the ...
Towing-tank tests on a large six-engine flying boat seaplane, to specification 10/46 (Princess) Part 2 porpoising stability, spray and air drag tests, with improved step fairing, afterbody design and aerodynamic modifications

A. G. Smith; D. F. Wright; T. B. Owen (1950)

Further model tests were made on the Princess flying boat to: (a) improve the main-step fairing in order to reduce air drag while retaining satisfactory porpoising stability at high water speeds, (b) reduce the mid-planing ...

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