Streamlined
The shape of the exposed contours of an aeroplane for the least possible air drag; usually rounded in front, pointed at the rear.
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streamline - To shape an object so that it creates less drag and moves smoothly and easily through the air. Airfoils are streamlined, as is the fuselage.
strips - See flight progress strips.
Streamline: A form designed to reduce resistance to motion through a fluid and to eliminate eddies. A good streamline form appears to have a longitudinal section rather like an elongated peardrop with the wider end foremost.
STREAMLINE - To shape a structure so that it will cause the minimum aerodynamic drag.
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A streamlined shape has much less drag than a non-streamlined shape. Whatever drag exists for a streamlined shape is composed primarily of skin-friction drag with the pressure drag being very small.
A non-streamlined object (such as the flat plate in figure 4.10) can have ten times more form drag than a streamlined object of comparable frontal area (such as the one shown in figure 4.11).
NACELLE - A streamlined enclosure or housing to protect something such as the crew, engine, or landing gear. French: nacelle,from Latin, navicella,little ship.
Streamline Body.-The shape of a body or part which permits a regular flow of air around and along it with the least resistance, in other words with minimum obstruction and eddying.
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Let's compare two figures used to show streams of air (streamlines) over a wing. In figure 3 the air comes straight at the wing, bends around it, and then leaves straight behind the wing. We have all seen similar pictures, even in flight manuals.
For most airplanes, clean configuration means simply that the wing flaps and landing gear are retracted as these are the cause of drag due to the lack of streamlined shape.
Fairing A shaped area used to smooth out, streamline, or "fair", the joint between two members of an airplane. A wing fairing joins the wing and fuselage.
These included the ratio of lift to wing area, determination of the centre of wing pressure, the importance of streamlined shapes, the recognition that a tail assembly was essential to stability and control, ...
When the AOA of the wing increases the separation point moves forward and the streamlined airflow wil become turbulent and separates from the wing. This turbulent wake then meets the aft fuselage and tail section of the aircraft.
Leading Edge The forward edge of a streamline body or aerofoil
Lift The component in a vertical, upward direction in straight and level flight of the resultant force created by the relative wind acting on the lifting surfaces of an aeroplane ...
A fabric, wood or metal enclosure, usually streamlined, that contains crew, engines, gun positions or any other drag-inducing parts of an aircraft.
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...
By 1816 Cayley designed a streamlined airship with a semi-rigid structure. Later he designed an airship to be powered by a steam engine.
At a recent Sun 'n Fun, I hopped out of an LSA after a photo flight. Across the grassy strip of South Lakeland Airport, the streamlined-yet-robust lines of a high-winger caught my eye. 'Hmm. Slick-looking ship. What is it?' I asked a nearby pilot.
If you try to rethink this aspect you will get to a design as the Donar where the duct is a part of the craft and ad's not only a high amount of safety in aspect of blade failure but as well aerodynamic streamline appearance and strength to the ...
This was quite discouraging because the student had traveled a great distance and wanted to streamline his training, ...
Customer service, to provide support for all details of the trip, is also provided, as well as accounting to streamline the aircraft's financial management.
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