- uses
to modify the
shape and
surface area of the
wing to change its
operating characteristics in
flight.
Ailerons (usually near the wingtips)
to roll...
-
A conventional fixed-
wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS)
consists of
flight control surfaces, the
respective ****pit controls,
connecting linkages...
-
Flight Research Center,
where the
technology was
flight tested on
a modified McDonnell Douglas F/
A-18 Hornet.
Active Aeroelastic Wing Technology is
a...
-
A variable-sweep
wing,
colloquially known as
a "swing
wing", is an
airplane wing, or set of wings, that may be
modified during flight,
swept back and...
-
attitude is not
specific to fixed-
wing aircraft, but also
extends to rotary aircraft such as helicopters, and dirigibles,
where the
flight dynamics involved...
- DC-10
operating this
flight was
taking off from
runway 32R at O'Hare
International when its left
engine detached from the
wing,
causing a loss of control....
-
supporting flight. Most
thrust is
generated on the
downstroke of
flapping flight. However, on the
upstroke (when the bird
often draws its
wing in
close to its...
-
A fixed-
wing aircraft is
a heavier-than-air aircraft, such as an airplane,
which is
capable of
flight using aerodynamic lift. Fixed-
wing aircraft are distinct...
- high-speed
subsonic and supersonic
flight. At the
other end of the
speed scale, the
Rogallo flexible wing proved a practical design for the hang glider...
- for
vertical flight but
changes to solely fixed-
wing lift in
horizontal flight is not
a rotorcraft but
a convertiplane.
A helicopter is
a powered rotorcraft...
