Different aircraft systems
- Date
1959
- Summary
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The first airplane to fly was what would be called today a Canard Type airplane; it had a horizontal stabilizer in front of the main wing. Today’s Conventional Type plane has the stabilizing surfaces are of the same size. Dr. Lippisch explains all three models. He also describes the Allwing Type plane which is made by combining wing and tail surfaces, sweeping thewing tips backward, and placing the control areas on the wing tips. He discusses the fundamental law of stability and demonstrates this on models in flight and in the Smoke Tunnel.
- Contributors
State University of Iowa; Dr. Alexander Lippisch
- Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
- Genres
Educational; Aviation
- Subject
Aerodynamics ; Airplanes.
- Collection
National Educational Television
- Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Physical Description
1 Film (0:29:44); 16mm
- Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003384502; Other: GR00428941; MDPI Barcode: 40000003384502
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.