"wing" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Some types of variable geometry vary the wing sweep during flight:
- The first successful wing sweep in flight was carried out by the Bell X-5 in the early 1950s.
- The outputs controlled the primary flight controls, wing sweep, the F-14's leading edge "glove", and the flaps.
- The level of wing sweep, the angle of the wings in relation to the fuselage, can be altered in flight at the pilot's control.
- These other elements (such as wing sweep, vertical mount point of the wing, etc.) may be more difficult to change than the dihedral angle.
- The design was controversial, and the Short SB5 was built to test wing sweep and tailplane combinations.
- The wing sweep varied between 16 degrees and 72.5 degrees (full forward to full sweep).
- The low wing sweep will give a good low-speed performance and excellent handling characteristics essential for the trainer role.
- As wing sweep is conventionally measured at the 25% chord line an unswept wing may have a swept or tapered leading edge.
- The aircraft will have a T-tail empennage, area-rule fuselage contouring, and 30 wing sweep.
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