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Preliminary flight measurements of the dynamic longitudinal stability characteristics of the Convair XF-92A delta-wing airplane
E. C. Holleman, John H Evans, William Triplett
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Abstract
Some longitudinal maneuvers obtained during the U. S. Air Force performance tests of the Convair X F -W airplane have been analyzed by usfng measured period and time to damp to half amplitude and by Reeves Electronic halog Computer (REAC) study to give a preliminary measurement of the airplane stability and damping at Mach numbers f r o m 0.59 to 0.94.For the range of these tests, no loss in control effectiveness .the static stability Cmcr increased with Mach nmiber, light but positive, and the damping factor C & i 4-% was shown, the damping was was l m .
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