FLIGHT TESTING with a PROPELLER THRUSTMETER

440181

01/01/1944

Event
Pre-1964 SAE Technical Papers
Authors Abstract
Content
IN this paper, Mr. Brady discusses thrustmeter design, calibration, flight instrumentation and procedure, test results, body-propeller interaction; and summarizes the usefulness of the thrustmeter.
The author concludes with the observation that use of shaft thrust measurements in routine flight testing to check calculated airplane performance does not appear very practicable until additional data have been obtained by which the several corrections can be more accurately determined.
The thrustmeter, however, he asserts, does have important value in determining the relative efficiency of different propellers.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/440181
Pages
9
Citation
BRADY, G., "FLIGHT TESTING with a PROPELLER THRUSTMETER," SAE Technical Paper 440181, 1944, https://doi.org/10.4271/440181.
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Published
Jan 1, 1944
Product Code
440181
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English