Hostname: page-component-7b7567c8c-mnklg Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-12T17:24:18.704Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Erect and Inverted Spinning with Particular Reference to the Hunter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

H. C. H. Merewether
H. C. H. Merewether*
Affiliation:
(Dunsfold), Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd
Get accessRights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

With the introduction of each new generation of combat aircraft it has become popular to assume that they will be operated in a more conservative manner than previously and that less attention, therefore, need be paid to their spinning characteristics. Current experience, however, shows that inadvertent spins will continue to occur, and must be allowed for, if these aircraft are to be operated effectively and to the limit of their capability.

In this connection the Hunter provides an interesting case history, since it has been put to widescale use in a variety of roles and its erect and inverted spinning characteristics have been thoroughly investigated. These characteristics will be described both for their own sake and because of the applicability which they have to current high performance aircraft.

Information

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 69 , Issue 660 , December 1965, pp. 835 - 845
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1965

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

1.Irving, H. B. Simplified Presentation of the Subject of Spinning of Aeroplanes (1933)—R and M 1535.Google Scholar
2.Crowe, J. H.An Elementary Study of the Spin. Aircraft Engineering, Vol. XI, 1939.Google Scholar
3.Duncan, W. J. The Principles of the Control and Stability of Aircraft, Chapter 11, Part 2 (1952) (Chapter 11 by A. D. Young).Google Scholar
4.Kerr, T. H. and Shorr, M.AGARD Flight Test Manual. Volume 2, Chapter 8.Google Scholar
5.Neilhouse, A. H., Klinar, W. J. and Scher, S. M. Status of Spin Research for Recent Airplane Designs (1957). NACA Research Memorandum L57F12.Google Scholar
6.Wright Air Development Center Airplane Spin Symposium (1957). Classified report.Google Scholar
7. Spinning Papers Read at the 20th Meeting of the AGARD Flight Mechanics Panel (Paris 1961):—Google Scholar
(a) Nial, J. A. Spin Testing USN High Performance Air planes.Google Scholar
(b) Daniel, Major USAF. T38 Spin Test.Google Scholar
8.Various Test Flight Reports on Hunter Spinning. Hawker Siddeley Aviation (Dunsfold).Google Scholar
9.Jones, G. Melvill. Human Factors in the Control of Spin ning Aircraft. The Journal of Aerospace Medicine (1965, in the press).Google Scholar