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Transonic flight tests to compare the zero-lift drags of 45 degree sweptback wings of aspect ratio 3.55 and 6.0 with and without nacelles at the wing tips
Sherwood Hoffman, Richard C Mapp
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Abstract
Report presenting tests of rocket-propelled models at transonic speeds to compare the zero-lift drags of 45 degree sweptback wings with and without solid nacelles at the wing tips. The wing drag coefficient was lowered at high subsonic and supersonic speeds when the aspect ratio was reduced from 6.0 to 3.55. Results regarding the favorability of the wing-tip nacelles and the force-break Mach number of the varying configurations are also provided.