The Secret of Flight Season 1 Episode 9 Different Aircraft Systems 1959
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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 the wing 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.
- Released: 1959-02-26
- Runtime: 29 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Alexander Lippisch
- Director: Sam Becker
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1. Preview 1959-01-01
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2. The Laws of Fluid Motion 1959-01-08
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3. The History of Early Flight 1959-01-15
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4. The Discovery of Dynamic Lift 1959-01-22
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5. Stability and Control 1959-01-29
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6. Propulsion 1959-02-05
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7. The Problem of Drag 1959-02-12
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8. The Induced Drag 1959-02-19
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9. Different Aircraft Systems 1959-02-26
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10. Lift Theory and High Lift Devices 1959-03-05
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11. The Story of the Vortex 1959-03-12
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12. Flight of Nature 1959-03-19
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13. Modern Problems of Flight 1959-03-26
