Analysis of the Effects of Wing Interference on the Tail Contributions to the Rolling Derivatives

William H. Michael

Jan 1951 · National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

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An analysis of the effects of wing interference on the tail contributions to the rolling stability derivatives of complete airplane configurations is made by calculating the angularity of the air stream at the vertical tail due to rolling and determining the resulting forces and moments. Some of the important factors which affect the resultant angularity on the vertical tail are wing aspect ratio and sweepback, vertical tail span, and considerations associated with angle of attack and airplane geometry. Some calculated sidewash results for a limited range of wing plan forms and vertical-tail sizes are presented. Equations taking into account the sidewash results are given for determining the tail contributions to the rolling derivatives. Comparisons of estimated and experimental results indicate that a consideration of wing interference effects improves the estimated values of the tail contributions to the rolling derivatives and that fair agreement with available experimental data is obtained.