Wing configuration
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wing boundary layer
The type of operation for which an airplane is intended has a very important bearing on the selection of the shape and design of the wing for that airplane.
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With ice on the wing the aircraft will stall at a lower angle of attack and higher airspeed. This will vary with the amount of ice on the wings especially if deicing works only partially and not all ice gets removed.
Center Wing Fuel Tank (CWT)
A fuel tank located in the center of an airplane's wing box. These tanks are typically located within the fuselage contour but may extend outside the fuselage contour into the wing.
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Leave the wing overnight to dry. Sand down the rough edges until smooth. Use progressively finer sandpaper until the surfaces are smooth. Once the frame of the wing is complete, skin it either with additional balsa wood or fabric.
The Swept Wing
The whole idea of sweeping an aircraft's wing is to delay the drag rise caused by the formation of shock waves.
Wing Warping:
How did early aircraft roll?
They used wing warping, that is they pulled the wing out of shape in order to roll into turns.
wing - A part of an airplane that is attached to the fuselage. Wings are shaped like airfoils and are used to provide lift for the airplane. There are four basic types of wings: straight, sweep, delta and variable sweep.
Wing area: You know the maximum lift co-efficient (CLMAX) of the chosen airfoil (if you have no better idea, use 1.4 no flaps, 2.2 for the portion with flaps, and 3.0 for flaps and leading edge slots) and can calculate the wing area (S) knowing ...
Wing The main lifting surface of an airplane.
Wing Loading This is the amount of weight per square foot that has to be overcome to provide lift. It is normally expressed in ounces per square foot.
WING LOADING - The maximum take-off gross weight of an aircraft divided by its wing area.
YAW - Of the three axes in flight, this specifies the side-to-side movement of an aircraft on its vertical axis, as in skewing. Compare PITCH and ROLL.
Wing Tip: The outboard end of a wing. The shape of wing tips is important aerodynamically and in aircraft recognition.
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One thing for prospective buyers to keep in mind: The Tomahawk wing has a lifetime fatigue limit of 11,000 hours. Some long-in-the-tooth airframes have nearly that many hours after years on school flight lines.
High-wing airplane - a monoplane with the single supporting surface mounted on top of the fuselage.
Indicated airspeed - Airspeed as indicated on the airspeed indicator with no corrections applied.
Fixed wing.
An airplane, as opposed to a rotory wing / helicopter; ...
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To be practical, a STOL aircraft must be able to fly at very low speeds, yet it must also offer acceptable cross-country (cruise) performance.
Wing Tip Theory - As shown earlier, the angle of attack at the area near to the wing tips increases as a result of the spillage of air around them.
Wing control surfaces, especially on tailless aircraft, with functions of elevators and ailerons
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WING
The main lifting surface of an airplane.
WING FENCE
Term preferred by Airbus and McDonnell-Douglas aircraft manufacturers for the vertical structures at the outside ends of the wings of some of their je...
Wing Commander Guy Gibson leads the Dambusters Raid
1943
The Arado Ar 234, the world's first jet bomber, makes its first flight ...
Wing performance depends on angle of attack and on calibrated airspeed in accordance with equation 2.1.
WING-LOADING - The gross take-off weight of an aircraft divided by its wing area.
A wing must have air moving over it to create lift. Too little moving air and the airplane will 'stall,' or lose elevation very rapidly. The stall speed is when the wings no longer create lift, and the airplane falls from the sky.
The wing frame work consists of aluminum ribs mounted on extruded aluminum spars with tubular drag and compression struts and high strength stainless steel drag wires.
The wing is set well back on the 162 design, with struts mounted far enough aft that they don't interfere with the two cabin doors.
Fixed Wing-Aeroplane
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Remove wing tie-down.
Check right main wheel. The tire should be in good condition and adequately inflated. There should be no signs of brake fluid leaks.
Since the wing is symmetrical (a teardrop shape in cross-section), the reduced pressure is the same both above and below.
A sweptback wing is one in which the leading edge slopes backward.
When a disturbance causes an aircraft with sweepback to slip or drop a wing,
the low wing presents its leading edge at an angle more perpendicular to the
relative airflow.
If the model wing were tilted up to an angle greater than 15degrees, the lift would not increase any more, but would be found to decrease. For this wing, 15degrees is called the critical, or "Stalling" angle, beyond which it is unwise to go.
Results when a wing exceeds its angle of attack (angle between airfoil and relative flow of wind), the airflow is disrupted, and the wing no longer produces lift, with sudden drop and possible loss of control.
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Rotary Wing Planform
Common terms used to describe the helicopter rotor system are shown here. Although there is some variation in systems between different aircraft, the terms shown are generally accepted by most manufacturers.
The Soviet swept-wing MiG-15 single-seat jet fighter, shown with North Korean markings, first appeared in service during the Korean War and is considered to be the USSR's first truly innovative jet plane.
Edge shows the wing as viewed looking along the leading edge. The cross section appears as an airfoil or circle with the flow going from left to right.
Ailerons: Wing control surfaces for aircraft's bank and roll.
Airacobra: Bell P-39 Fighter Aircraft
Air Strip: Aircraft landing field.
Air Support: Tactical Air Cooperation mission with ground troops.
Aileron - A hinged control surface on the wing that scares the hell out of airline passengers when it moves. Airfoils - Swords used for dueling in flight. Often used to settle disputes between crew members and passengers.
Stall - A loss of lift when the angle of attack increases to a point where the flow of air breaks away from a wing or airfoil, causing the wing to drop.
aileron - A small hinged portion of an airplane's wing, used to make an airplane roll, or turn around its long axis.
The student pilot should fully understand that there are any number of flight maneuvers which may produce an increase in the wing's angle of attack, but the stall does not occur until the angle of attack becomes excessive.
Flaps are airfoils on the trailing edge of the wing. In normal flight they are at 0, and act simply as part of the wing.
An aircraft equipped with wing fuel tanks may have fuel that is at a sufficiently low temperature such that it lowers the wing skin temperature to below the freezing point of water.
They are suited to rotary-wing applications because they have almost no center of pressure travel.
These flaps are controlled by the pilot through push-pull control rods and their function is similar to that of an elevator on fixed wing airplanes.
Moving the trailing edge of the flap upward moves the leading edge of the main rotor blade up.
The two ailerons, one at the outer trailing edge of each wing, are movable surfaces that control movement about the longitudinal axis. The movement is roll. Lowering the aileron on one wing raises the aileron on the other.
Angle of Attack The angle at which a wing meets the relative wind.
ATIS (Automated Terminal Information Service) A continuous broadcast of airport information, commonly found at tower-controlled airports.
CRAB LANDING A crab landing is a method of landing a fixed-wing aircraft in a crosswind.
This explains the lift generated by an airplane's wing and its ability to fly: if air travels faster over one side of a wing than it does over the other side, a pressure difference arises, which exercises pressure on the wing, ...
Based on a low-wing, twin-engine bomber with retractable landing gear built for the military, the 247 accommodated 10 passengers and cruised at 155 miles per hour.
Stall
Results when a wing exceeds its angle of attack (angle between airfoil and relative flow of wind), the airflow is disrupted, and the wing no longer produces lift, with sudden drop and possible loss of control.
Yoke: A flight control operated by pushing and pulling with hands in fixed-wing aircraft, primarily to control pitch or altitude with the elevators.
An engine-driven fixed-wing aircraft heavier than air that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its wings.
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root - inner end of wing where it meets fuselage.
rpm - revolutions per minute.
RVR - runway visual range, a horizontal measurement of visibility along a runway.
AILERONS An aircraft control surface hinged to the rear, outer section of the wing for banking ('tilting') the aircraft. A bank causes an aircraft to turn. Controlled by right or left movement of the control yoke or stick.
The carrying of cargo as sling loads outside the cargo compartment of an aircraft. When a helicopter is employed, its cargo hook is the suspension point for the load; with a fixed-wing aircraft, ...
Visual approach slope indicator (VASI) - A visual aid to final approach to the runway threshold, consisting of two wing bars of lights on either side of the runway.
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