Aviation dictionary. 2014.
reflex wing — A wing section used to produced a stable all wing aircraft. This wing section is used mainly on hang gliders and microlight aircraft. A reflex wing has a reflex camber (i.e., a wing in which the mean chord line curves upward toward the trailing… … Aviation dictionary
Tailless aircraft — A tailless aircraft (often tail less) traditionally has all its horizontal control surfaces on its main wing surface. It has no horizontal stabilizer either tailplane or canard foreplane (nor does it have a second wing in tandem arrangement). A… … Wikipedia
Center of pressure — The center of pressure is the point on a body where the sum total of the aerodynamic pressure field acts, causing a force and no moment about that point. Mathematically it can be said that the net pressure force on the body acts through this… … Wikipedia
Alpaero Choucas — Choucas Role Motor glider National origin France Manufacturer ALPAERO Noin Aéronautique, Châteauvieux Designer Claude Noin First flight February 1996 Number built 2 flying, oth … Wikipedia
Honda Civic — See also: Honda Civic Hybrid Honda Civic Manufacturer Honda Predecessor Honda N360 Honda Z600 … Wikipedia
Ultralight trike — An ultralight trike, also known as a flex wing trike, weight shift control aircraft, microlight trike, deltatrike[1] or motorized deltaplane,[2] is a type of powered hang glider using a high performance Rogallo wing coupled to a propeller powered … Wikipedia
arch — Synonyms and related words: Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, apse, arc, arcade, arcature, arch over, arched roof, archway, artful, astute, banner, bantam, barrow, basket handle arch, bend, bend back, bestraddle, bestride, bold, boundary stone … Moby Thesaurus
dome — Synonyms and related words: antenna tower, apse, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archway, barbican, bean, belfry, bell tower, bend, bend back, bonnet, bow, brow, camber, campanile, cap, ceil, ceilinged roof, coif, colossus, column,… … Moby Thesaurus
vault — Synonyms and related words: Caelus, Fort Knox, Highland fling, air, anabasis, and jump, apse, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archives, archway, armory, arsenal, ascend, ascension, ascent, attic, azure, bank, barrow, basement, bay, beehive… … Moby Thesaurus
