aircraft training poster, GOOD AND BAD LOOPING
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aircraft training poster, GOOD AND BAD LOOPING

Artifact Number
19700043-006
Date Made
1918/08/03
Earliest
1918/08/03
Latest
1918/08/03
Classification
Posters
Inscription
BAD LOOP MAXIMUM SPEED - SHAPR CURVE - EXCESSIVE STRAIN; GOOD LOOP MACHINE ENTERING LOOP MAXIMUM SPEED - EASY CURVE NO ESCESSIVE STRAIN ENGINE ALL OUT ENGINE OFF DIVING BUMP CAUSED BY BACK WASH ENGINE OPENED OUT; BAD LOOP MAXIMUM SPEED SHARP CURVE EXCESSIVE STRAIN; SUDDEN CHANGES IN DIRECTION AT VERY HIGH SPEEDS GIVE RISE TO EXCESSIVE AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS STRAINS. IN FLATTENING OUT FROM A DIVE OR GOING INTO A LOOP AT HIGH SPEED THE STICK MUST NOT BE JERKED BACK BUT PULLED SLOWLY AT FIRST IN ORDER THAT THE CURVE MAY BE GRADUAL WHERE THE SPEED IS HIGH. Note: The extra stress, due to the curved path, is proportional to the square of the speed and inversely proportional to the radius of the curve. This diagram is the property of H.M. Government and is intended for Official use only.; GOOD AND BAD LOOPING. ROYAL AIR FORCE. TECHINICAL DIAGRAM O.T.5 1672 3.8.18
Medium
ink
Support
paper
Service
air
Service Component
Royal Air Force
Measurements
Height 68.0 cm, Width 102.0 cm
Place Of Origin
Europe – United Kingdom
Additional Information
This Royal Air Force poster illustrates the best method of looping to minimize excessive or dangerous strains on the aircraft. Pilots engaged in this difficult aerial tactic in order to loop behind an enemy plane on their tail.

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