polymorph wing

polymorph wing
A wing in which the geometry can be changed at will or automatically. It can be done by having “fowler flaps,” which increase the overall camber and wing chord, improving the low-speed handling of an otherwise high-speed wing. Another method is to have tip droops that help increase stability and maneuverability and reduce the trim drag. The most common way of achieving this aim is to have a variable sweep as depicted in the illustration.

Aviation dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Julian Huxley — Infobox Scientist name = Julian Huxley box width = 280px image width = 240px caption = Julian Huxley as Fellow of New College, Oxford 1922 birth date = 22 June 1887 birth place = London death date = 14 February 1975 death place = residence =… …   Wikipedia

  • List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles — This list contains chemical elements, materials, isotopes or (sub)atomic particle that exist primarily in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). No actual periodic elements end in ite , though many minerals have names with this… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Pure Pwnage episodes — There are currently eighteen episodes of Pure Pwnage. All the episodes are available for download in DivX encoded AVI format and now also in Mac/iPod and PSP MP4 format from [http://www.purepwnage.com/episodes.html the Pure Pwnage website] , HTTP …   Wikipedia

  • List of works by Salvador Dalí — The Philadelphia Museum of Art used a surreal entrance display including its steps, for the 2005 Salvador Dalí exhibition Salvador Dalí produced over 1,500 paintings in his career,[1] in addition to producing illustrations for books, lithographs …   Wikipedia

  • Список работ Сальвадора Дали — Сальвадор Дали в 1939 году …   Википедия

  • Earth in science fiction — Earth An overwhelming majority of fiction is set on or features the Earth. However, authors of speculative fiction novels and writers and directors of science fiction film deal with Earth quite differently from authors of conventional fiction.… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”