Jerzy Wolf
The City College of the City University of New York
Keywords:
Design, Structures, Aerodynamics
Abstract
In recent years a special interest has been displayed in ultra-lightweight lifting surfaces for slow-flying gliders, short-haul all cargo sircraft, recovery systems of meteorological rockets or satellite vehicles and even military aircraft pilots... The presented basic information on the stretched-membrane sail-wing and some possible applications permits us to state that the tendency to reduce the speed of flying vehicles of fixed wing area without high-lift devices leads at present to the stretched-membrane sail-wing concept as the best and unique solution...
Author Biography
Jerzy Wolf, The City College of the City University of New York
