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The Longitudinal Characteristics at Mach Numbers up to 0.9 of a Wing-fuselage-tail Combination Having a Wing with 40 Degrees of Sweepback and an Aspect Ratio of 10
Bruce E Tinling
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Abstract
Report presenting an investigation to evaluate the effects of an all-movable horizontal tail on the longitudinal characteristics of a sweptback wing and a fuselage of a type suitable for long-range high-speed airplanes. Tests were conducted at low speed and at high Mach numbers over a range of Reynolds numbers. Large reductions in longitudinal stability of the wing-fuselage-tail combination were found at lift coefficients well below the stall.