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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Responsible Aviation (ERA) program. Flap (aeronautics) High-lift device Wikimedia Commons has media related to Krueger flaps. Gary V. Bristow (2002). Ace the...

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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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...

industrial, and military applications. Aerospace engineering consists of aeronautics and astronautics. Aerospace organizations research, design, manufacture...

British Royal Aeronautical Society identifies the aspects of "aeronautical Art, Science and Engineering" and "The profession of Aeronautics (which expression...

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...

green arc are the stalling speed with wing flaps in landing configuration, and stalling speed with wing flaps retracted, respectively. These are the stalling...

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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development of the Fowler flap. Testing by Fred Weick at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) realized the Fowler flap would reduce landing...

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...

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...

of aircraft flight control systems such as ailerons, elevators, elevons, flaps and flaperons into wings to perform the aerodynamic purpose with the advantages...

2008. Transport Canada (May 20, 2010). "TP 14371 — Transport Canada Aeronautical Information Manual (TC AIM) RAC 1.9 Transponder Operation". Archived...

In aeronautics, a swashplate is a mechanical device that translates input via the helicopter flight controls into motion of the main rotor blades. Because...

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...

science of aviation, including designing and building aircraft, is called aeronautics. Crewed aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot, whereas unmanned aerial...

again improving the accuracy of the weapon.[citation needed] Chine (aeronautics) Leading edge extension Vortex generator André Peyrat-Armandy, Les avions...

hands on throttle-and-stick Rudder pedals Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, page 563. Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997....

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...

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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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...

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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trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer. These, along with a movable body flap located underneath the main engines, controlled the orbiter during later...

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...