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...

the agency’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) program. Flap (aeronautics) High-lift device Gary V. Bristow (2002). Ace the Technical Pilot...

states Route flapping, when a network router flips between different routes Link flap, errant behavior in a communications link Flap (aeronautics), a lift...

Split flap may refer to: Flap_(aeronautics)#Split_flap Split-flap display This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Split flap. If...

military and commercial effort. Leading-edge droop flap Flap (aeronautics) Flight control surfaces Krueger flap Leading-edge slot Theory of wing sections, Abbott...

Aeronautics is the science or art involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of air flight-capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft...

Blown flaps, blown wing or jet flaps are powered aerodynamic high-lift devices used on the wings of certain aircraft to improve their low-speed flight...

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...

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

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...

In aeronautics, a spoiler (sometimes called a lift spoiler or lift dumper) is a device which increases the drag and decreases the lift of an airfoil in...

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

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...

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...

conditions, in particular according to the aircraft lift coefficient and wing flaps deflection which both affect the position of the center of pressure, and...

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

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...

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

In aeronautics, the chord is an imaginary straight line segment joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil cross section parallel to the...

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

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

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

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

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

Droop nose may refer to: Droop nose (aeronautics), a component of some supersonic aircraft Leading-edge droop flap, a type of high-lift device found on...

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

configurations. Boeing had earlier proposed an underwing externally blown flap solution for their competitor for the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, and had put this...

gravity. Elevators (moving flaps on the horizontal tail) produce pitch, a rudder on the vertical tail produces yaw, and ailerons (flaps on the wings that move...