A brief investigation of the possibility of increasing the range of aircraft by dropping unnecessary parts in flight.

T. F. Kirkwood

ResearchPublished 1956

An investigation of the increase in range obtained by designing an aircraft so that parts which have ceased to perform a useful function may be dropped in flight. A theoretical limiting case is studied, as well as more practical cases in which the landing gear is dropped after takeoff and non-lifting external fuel tanks are dropped when empty

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Kirkwood, T. F., A brief investigation of the possibility of increasing the range of aircraft by dropping unnecessary parts in flight. RAND Corporation, RM-1664, 1956. As of September 23, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1664.html
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Kirkwood, T. F., A brief investigation of the possibility of increasing the range of aircraft by dropping unnecessary parts in flight. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1956. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1664.html. Also available in print form.
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