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A comparison of turning radii for four Battleof Britain fighter aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. A. D. Ackroyd  and
P. J. Lamont
J. A. D. Ackroyd
Affiliation:
Aerospace Division, Manchester School of Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
P. J. Lamont
Affiliation:
Aerospace Division, Manchester School of Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Abstract

Prompted by claims made in the popular aviation literature, analysis is used in an attempt to estimate the turning performance of certain fighter aircraft flown during the Battle of Britain. In this it is necessary to provide values for such aerodynamic quantities as the drag coefficient at zero lift and these are estimated from published flight data.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 104 , Issue 1032 , February 2000 , pp. 53 - 58
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2000 

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