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Preliminary Investigation at Low Speed of Downwash Characteristics of Small-Scale Sweptback Wings

Paul E Purser, M Leroy Spearman, William R Bates

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Report presenting an investigation at low speed of the downwash behind various small-scale sweptback wings. The wing configurations used in the testing ranged from aspect ratios of 2.5 to 4.0, sweepback angles from 32.5 degrees to 40 degrees, and ratios of root chord to tip chord of 0.62 to 2.06. Results regarding the effect of aspect ratio, effect of taper ratio, effect of tail span and position, and effect of high-lift devices are provided.

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Key concepts: Downwash, Chord (peer-to-peer), Aspect ratio (aeronautics), Wing, Optics, Physics, Structural engineering, Geometry