biplane configuration
1Biplane — A biplane is a fixed wing aircraft with two main wings. The first powered heavier than air aircraft, the Wright brothers Wright Flyer, used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has… …
2Configuration d'aile — Réplique du Fokker Dr.I, triplan piloté par le Baron rouge lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. Depuis les débuts de l aviation, de nombreuses configurations d aile ont été imaginées pour permettre aux « plus lourds que l air » – d… …
3biplane — /buy playn /, n. an airplane with two sets of wings, one above and usually slightly forward of the other. [1870 75; BI 1 + (AIR)PLANE] * * * ▪ aircraft airplane with two wings, one above the other. In the 1890s this configuration was adopted for …
4Wing configuration — For aircraft configurations in general, including fuselage, tail and powerplant configuration, see Aircraft. For rotary winged aircraft types, see Rotorcraft. For direct lift and compound or hybrid types, see Powered lift. Fixed wing aircraft,… …
5EAA Biplane — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=Biplane caption= type=Recreational aircraft manufacturer=Homebuilt designer=EAA first flight=10 June 1960 introduced= retired= status= primary user= more users= produced= number built= variants with their own… …
6Pusher configuration — An aircraft constructed with a pusher configuration has the engine mounted forward of the propeller which faces in a rearwards direction giving an appearance that the aircraft is pushed through the air. Sometimes the propeller is situated at the… …
7Tractor configuration — An aircraft constructed with a tractor configuration has the engine mounted with the propeller facing forwards such that the aircraft is pulled through the air, as opposed to the pusher configuration in which the propeller faces backwards and the …
8Fiat CR.42 — CR.42 Falco Fiat CR.42 Falco in Swedish Air Force markings. Role Fighter …
9Curtiss JN-4 — JN Jenny Curtiss JN 4 Jenny, 1918 Role Trainer Manufacturer …
10Tandem wing — A tandem wing aircraft usually involves two full sized wings, both of which are full airfoils. Sometimes an aircraft of this configuration can look like a variation on the biplane, but is in fact very different. The forward wing is often… …
