Technical Paper

SIMPLIFYING THE AIRPLANE FOR THE PRIVATE OWNER

460241

01/01/1946

Event
Pre-1964 SAE Technical Papers
Authors
J. M. GWINN
Abstract
Content
SAFETY in private flying will result, the author claims, not from simplified airplanes but from a simplified method of operating them.
The author offers as a solution to this problem of operational simplicity a general specification for private airplanes such that the operation will make maximum use of the conditioned reflexes of an automobile driver.
The problem resolves itself, according to the author, into the following factors:
  1. 1.
    Elimination of need for coordination.
  2. 2.
    Elimination of need for depth perception.
  3. 3.
    Elimination of nose-down contact with ground.
  4. 4.
    Reduction of minimum cruising speed to decrease need for visibility.
  5. 5.
    Reduction of landing speed.
  6. 6.
    Reduction of temptation to carelessness.
Let us cease trying to mold people to fit the airplane, the author pleads, and let us fit the airplane to people as they are.
Meta Tags
Topics
Molding
Vehicle drivers
Visibility
Details
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/460241
Pages
12
Citation
GWINN, J., "SIMPLIFYING THE AIRPLANE FOR THE PRIVATE OWNER," SAE Technical Paper 460241, 1946, https://doi.org/10.4271/460241.
Additional Details
Publisher
SAE International
Published
Jan 1, 1946
Product Code
460241
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English