- the object. The
outline of a
shape in this view is
sometimes called its
planform, for
example with
aircraft wings. The plan view from
above a
building is...
- The wing
configuration or
planform of a fixed-wing
aircraft (including both
gliders and
powered aeroplanes) is its
arrangement of
lifting and
related surfaces...
- were developed, Trapeze, a
series of
wires and
ferrite beads around the
planform of the aircraft, a
covering material with PCB
circuitry embedded in it...
- handling,
manoeuvrability and
centre of
gravity range over a pure
delta planform. The
resulting TsAGI S-12
airfoil was used in the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21...
-
Wings are
defined by two
shape characteristics, an
airfoil section and a
planform. Wing
efficiency is
expressed as lift-to-drag ratio,
which compares the...
- An
elliptical wing is a wing
planform whose leading and
trailing edges each
approximate two
segments of an ellipse. It is not to be
confused with annular...
-
Bureau in the
Soviet Union. Its
nicknames include: "Balalaika",
because its
planform resembles the
stringed musical instrument of the same name; "Ołówek", Polish...
-
notable changes including the wing
planform from
swept trapezoidal to diamond-like
delta and a
reduction in
forebody planform area. The team
extensively used...
-
trailing edges in the
direction of the airflow. (If a wing has a
rectangular planform,
rather than
tapered or swept, then the
chord is
simply the
width of the...
- wide wing has a low
aspect ratio.
Aspect ratio and
other features of the
planform are
often used to
predict the
aerodynamic efficiency of a wing because...
