X-Nico

unusual facts about NACA cowling



Fred Weick

It was also at Langley that Weick headed the development of streamlined, low-drag engine cowling technology that was to advance aircraft performance dramatically.


see also

Nikitin-Shevchenko IS

IS-2 – The second airframe with improvements and M-88 engine in a long-chord NACA cowling, armed with 2x BS and 2x ShKAS.