A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight. Flaps are usually mounted on the wing trailing edges...
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states Route flapping, when a network router flips between different routes Link flap, errant behavior in a communications link Flap (aeronautics), a lift...
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Responsible Aviation (ERA) program. Flap (aeronautics) High-lift device Wikimedia Commons has media related to Krueger flaps. Gary V. Bristow (2002). Ace the...
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Split flap may refer to: Flap_(aeronautics)#Split_flap Split-flap display This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Split flap. If...
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military and commercial effort. Leading-edge droop flap Flap (aeronautics) Flight control surfaces Krueger flap Leading-edge slot Theory of wing sections, Abbott...
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In aeronautics, a canard is a wing configuration in which a small forewing or foreplane is placed forward of the main wing of a fixed-wing aircraft or...
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The Gurney flap (or wickerbill) is a small tab projecting from the trailing edge of a wing. Typically it is set at a right angle to the pressure-side surface...
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Aerospace (redirect from Aeronautics and astronautics)
industrial, and military applications. Aerospace engineering consists of aeronautics and astronautics. Aerospace organizations research, design, manufacture...
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British Royal Aeronautical Society identifies the aspects of "aeronautical Art, Science and Engineering" and "The profession of Aeronautics (which expression...
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V speeds (redirect from Overspeed (aeronautics))
green arc are the stalling speed with wing flaps in landing configuration, and stalling speed with wing flaps retracted, respectively. These are the stalling...
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Below are abbreviations used in aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautics. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References...
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In aeronautics, a spoiler (sometimes called a lift spoiler or lift dumper) is a device which intentionally reduces the lift component of an airfoil in...
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of aircraft flight control systems such as ailerons, elevators, elevons, flaps and flaperons into wings to perform the aerodynamic purpose with the advantages...
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Harlan D. Fowler (section Fowler flap)
development of the Fowler flap. Testing by Fred Weick at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) realized the Fowler flap would reduce landing...
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Ornithopter (redirect from Wing flapping aircraft)
pteron 'wing') is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings. Designers sought to imitate the flapping-wing flight of birds, bats, and insects. Though...
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In aeronautics, the chord is an imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil. The chord length is the distance between...
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In aeronautics, a swashplate is a mechanical device that translates input via the helicopter flight controls into motion of the main rotor blades. Because...
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2008. Transport Canada (May 20, 2010). "TP 14371 — Transport Canada Aeronautical Information Manual (TC AIM) RAC 1.9 Transponder Operation". Archived...
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body Blown flap Channel wing Dog-tooth Drag-reducing aerospike Flap Gouge flap Gurney flap Krueger flap Leading-edge cuff Leading-edge droop flap LEX Slats...
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again improving the accuracy of the weapon.[citation needed] Chine (aeronautics) Leading edge extension Vortex generator André Peyrat-Armandy, Les avions...
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hands on throttle-and-stick Rudder pedals Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, page 563. Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997....
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In aeronautics, air brakes or speed brakes are a type of flight control surface used on an aircraft to increase the drag on the aircraft. When extended...
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Aircraft (redirect from Aerodyne (aeronautics))
science of aviation, including designing and building aircraft, is called aeronautics. Crewed aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot, whereas unmanned aerial...
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given in the British Aeronautical Research Committee's research paper R&M No. 1753. Among the conclusions of that report were that "flap half and fully open...
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conditions, in particular according to the aircraft lift coefficient and wing flaps deflection which both affect the position of the center of pressure, and...
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body Blown flap Channel wing Dog-tooth Drag-reducing aerospike Flap Gouge flap Gurney flap Krueger flap Leading-edge cuff Leading-edge droop flap LEX Slats...
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flaperon (a portmanteau of flap and aileron) on an aircraft's wing is a type of control surface that combines the functions of both flaps and ailerons. Some smaller...
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Washington, April 2, 1956. Civil Aeronautics Board. November 14, 1956. File No. 1-0051. "Ditching blamed on flap trouble". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon)...
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Space Shuttle orbiter (redirect from Orbiter body flap)
trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer. These, along with a movable body flap located underneath the main engines, controlled the orbiter during later...
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junctions. Flap track fairings Fairings are needed to enclose the flap operating mechanism when the flap is up. They open up as the flap comes down and...
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