Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Servomechanisms Laboratory

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Engineering Note E-29. Engineering notes on information received in a discussion of storage tubes with Dr. Rajchman at the R.C.A. Laboratories in Princetone, New Jersey.

Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6673. Project Whirlwind Report R-191. A schedule-following system for an airplane is a servomechanism. By use of conventional design techniques the system can be made to operate successfully up to the limits of the fixed part of the system, which is the airplane itself and the navigation system. For a Lockheed Constellation and an accurate (± 250 feet) navigation system, the speed control can have a bandwidth of about 0.4 cycle per minute and a speed range of about ± 15 percent of...

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-780. Memorandum from project Whirlwind research teams on the establishment of a group to study checking and trouble location methods.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-12. This memorandum is an outline of Project Whirlwind computer activity which has been prepared to assist in a conference and discussion of the project with OHR. The outline omits many details, but covers major headings of the project, and we hope it will assist in selecting topics for consideration.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-1-v-1. In-depth review of Project Whirlwind in the April of 1946. Includes: summary, origin and purpose of the project, present status, aerodynamic equations, dynamic range and accuracy, non-linear coefficients, analogue circuits, wind tunnel tests, cockpit design, and appendices. Includes: figures, block diagrams, drawings, and charts.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-1. Part 1 of an In-depth review of the Whirlwind Program. Includes review of project status, objectives, technical development, applications, and facilities. Includes diagrams, drawings and photographs. November 1947.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-2. Part 2 of an In-depth review of the Whirlwind Program. This report is a continuation of material in "Summary report no. 2, volume 1, the Whirlwind Program, part I.". Includes diagrams, plans and photographs.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-3. Reprint of an in-depth review of Project Whirlwind in the April of 1946. Includes: summary, origin and purpose of the project, present status, aerodynamic equations, dynamic range and accuracy, non-linear coefficients, analogue circuits, wind tunnel tests, cockpit design, and appendices. Includes: figures, block diagrams, drawings, and charts.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-4. Compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding introductory material. Includes memos M-140, M-62, M-63, M-66, M-69, M-76, M-64, R-90, R-115, R-116. Includes diagrams, charts, drawings, and photographs.

Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-5. Part 1 of an in-depth review of Whirlwind I computer block diagrams. Includes: introduction, the Whirlwind computers, the present set of block diagrams, and the organization of this report; preliminary considerations, storage, parallel transmission of digits, arithmetic considerations, an order code, word length, input and output, checking, required computing speed; a general outline of the system, system build up, storage...

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-6. Part 2 of an in-depth review of Whirlwind I computer block diagrams. Includes list of drawings, diagrams, and figures.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-7. Part 3 of an in-depth review of Whirlwind I computer block diagrams, compiling Project Whirlwind memos regarding block diagrams. Includes memos M-141, M-137, M-134, M-111, M-113, M-123, M-127, M-161, M-129, M-117, M-135, M-136, M-158, and E-24. Includes block diagrams.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-8. Compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding mathematics. Includes memos M-142, M-160, M-32, R-114, M-61, M-71, M-78, M-94, M-95, M-100, and M-124.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-9. Part 1 of a compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding storage tubes. Includes memos M-143, M-159, M-130, R-110, M-96, M-121, M-112, M-46, M-56, and R-130. Includes block diagrams, tube designs, assembly instructions, and photographs. November 1947.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-10. Part 2 of a compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding storage tubes. Includes memos M-144, R-131, R-128, R-132, E-32, E-31, R-120. Includes block diagrams, charts, and photographs. November 1947.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-11. Part 1 of a compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding input and output. Includes memos M-145, M-89, M-101, R-124, M-106, and M-157. "There are three general types of input and output equipment required for Whirlwind I. They are: a) numerical, b) mechanical and electrical, and c) graphical". Includes block diagrams, charts, and photographs. November 1947.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-12. Part 2 of a compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding input and output. Includes memos M-146, a thesis, and R-129. "There are three general types of input and output equipment required for Whirlwind I. They are: a) numerical, b) mechanical and electrical, and c) graphical". Includes block diagrams, figures, and photographs. November 1947.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-13. Compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding system drawings. Includes memos M-147, E-68, and E-53. Includes block diagrams, figures, and photographs. November 1947.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-14. Compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding aircraft simulation. Includes memos M-148, R-49, R-63, E-7, R-98, R-103, C-15, M-65, R-94, R-100, M-74, M-85, R-125, and R-36. Includes tables, figures, and drawings. November 1947.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-15. Compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding crystals, flip-flop circuits and AC coupling. Includes memos M-149, R-106, R-111, R-108, M-58, E-41, M-68, E-37, M-92, F-273, FB-303, M-110, E-69, R-113, E-42, E-56, E-57, M-99, E-64, M-138, M-77, E-39, M-91, and E-47. Includes charts, block diagrams, and photographs.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-16. Compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding vacuum tubes. Includes memos M-150, M-80, M-81, M-82, M-83, R-104, E-50, E-61, M-103, M-109, M-118, M-116, E-73, M-132, M-131, R-117, M-72, R-118, M-119, M-128, FB-291, and FB-302.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-17. Compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding high speed switches. Includes memo M-151, a thesis, and memo R-123.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-18. Compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding pulse transformers. Includes memos M-152, M-133, and R-122.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-19. Compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding test equipment and miscellaneous circuits. Includes memos M-153, M-38, E-48, FB-258, FB-259, FB-260, E-52, M-114, FB-255, FB-256, FB-257, E-58, R-89, FB-272, and FB-295 about test equipment and memos R-109, E-44, E-45, R-126, R-121, E-49, E-59, E-60, E-33, E-54, E-71, E-55, M-105, E-63, and M-107 about miscellaneous circuits.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-20. Compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding iconoscope studies. Includes memo M-154 and a thesis.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-21. Part I of a compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding pulsed lights. Includes memo M-155 and a thesis.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-22. Part II of a compilation of Project Whirlwind memos regarding pulsed lights. Includes memo M-156 and a thesis.

Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-3. In-depth review of Project Whirlwind December of 1947. Includes: foreword, Project Whirlwind, the Whirlwind computers, and reports; general status, time schedules, Whirlwind II, Whirlwind I, and visitors; system design and timing studies; circuits and flip-flops; standardization of circuits; storage tubes, storage surface, and tube construction; components, 7AK7 gate tube, crystal rectifiers, and pulse transformers; five-digit multiplier;...

Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-03. In-depth review of Project Whirlwind in December 1947. Includes: foreword, Project Whirlwind, the Whirlwind computers, and reports; general status, time schedules, Whirlwind II, Whirlwind I, and visitors; system design, timing studies; circuits, flip-flops; standardization of circuits; storage tubes, storage surface, tube construction; components, 7AK7 gate tube, crystal rectifiers, and pulse transformers; five-digit multiplier;...

Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-4. In-depth review of Project Whirlwind in January of 1948. Includes: foreword, Project Whirlwind, the Whirlwind computers, and reports; general status; Sylvania subcontract; Whirlwind I installation, air conditioning, cabinets, power supplies, building alterations, and fire protection; project staff, organization and new staff members; visitors; seminar course; circuits and decoupling; storage and gas storage; mathematics and change in...