Vetchinkin Vladimir Petrovich

Vetchinkin Vladimir Petrovich (1880-1950) - Soviet scientist in the field of aerodynamics and flight dynamics, doctor of technical sciences, Professor (1927), Honored Scientist of RSFSR (1946). In 1915 he graduated from the Moscow Technical College (MTU, now MVTU). One of the organizers of the aviation accounting-office test for MTU (1916) and TsAGI them. N. E. Zhukovsky (1918). Since 1921 involved in the problems of jet flight and interplanetary travel, and in 1925-27 - the dynamics of cruise missiles and jet aircraft. Vetchinkin conducted a mathematical analysis of the rocket, with a vertical rise in various cases (1935), . theoretically identified forces, . acting on the wing at supersonic flight speeds, . the required amount of fuel at various modes of movement of aircraft and missiles (1934-37),
. He took part in the activities RNII as a consultant and expert. USSR State Prize (1943). Awarded 2 orders of Labor Red Banner, Order of the Red Star. Name Vetchinkin named a crater on the Moon.