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1946
1946 - 0901.PDF
MAY QTH, 1946 FLIGHT 463 Experimental A.W.52Q QUdert T?LYINGwing and tailless aircraft have never so far Novel Control System : Large Civil g passed the experimental stage, but this does not indicate a lack.of interest on the part of designers, this country and by Junkers in Ger- ,_ 1T _ many. Examples, following the Greatand Military Designs Foreshadowed War, are found in a number of designs built by Lippisch and, more recently, another German all-wing series produced by the Horten Brothers. In 1940, the American Northrop company built an attractive and fairly successful little powered all-wing design, theN-iM, forerunner of the XB-35, and now appears the Armstrong Whitworth 52-G glider. The main advantage of tailless designs is the reduction in structural weight and air resistance occasioned by the absence of tail units and sup- porting structure. However, much of this advantage is lost by the tailless as opposed to true flying-wing design when a central nacelle is provided to house the crew and payload, and other nacelles are provided for the power units. Unfortunately, in order to obtain Following a flighton the 52G, the Whitley tug pilotF. R. Midgley (left) is seen at the noseof the aircraft with Messrs. R. 0. G.Boothe, E. G. Franklin (gliderpilot), and W. Ba.rratt (observer). photograph
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