leading edge of the airfoil
101Ryan XV-8 — NOTOC The V 8 designation was re used by the U.S.Military to refer to the AV 8 Harrier. This was an unrelated project. Infobox Aircraft name= XV 8 Fleep caption= XV 8 Fleep flown in the Full Scale Tunnel at Langley, 1962 type= Experimental STOL… …
102droop — i. A downward curvature of the leading edge of an airfoil to provide increased camber. ii. A progressive decrease in RPM that occurs when a fuel control flyweight governor spring is extended and made weaker. It takes less fly weight force to come …
103Cuff — i. Specially shaped pieces of sheet metal attached to the leading edge of the wings to increase camber and to improve slow speed handling characteristics. ii. A thin, sheet metal, airfoil shaped covering over the shank of a propeller blade, which …
104sweptback — adjective 1. (especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment aircraft with sweptback wings • Similar to: ↑swept • Topics: ↑aircraft 2. used of hair • Syn: ↑backswept …
105slat — I. transitive verb (slatted; slatting) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse sletta to throw carelessly Date: circa 1587 1. strike, pummel 2. to hurl or throw smartly II. noun Etymology: Middle English …
106sweptback — /swept bak /, adj. Aeron. 1. (of the leading edge of an airfoil) forming a markedly obtuse angle with the fuselage. 2. (of an aircraft or winged missile) having wings of this type. [1915 20; adj. use of v. phrase swept back] * * * …
107attached shock wave — An oblique or conical shock wave that appears to be in contact with the leading edge of an airfoil or the nose of a body in a supersonic flow field. Also called attached shock …
108sweptback — swept•back [[t]ˈswɛptˈbæk[/t]] adj. 1) aer. (of the leading edge of an airfoil) forming a markedly obtuse angle with the fuselage 2) aer. (of an aircraft or winged missile) having wings of this type • Etymology: 1915–20 …
109automatic slots — Slots in the leading edge of an airfoil that open and close automatically …
110Starting vortex — The starting vortex is a vortex which forms in the air adjacent to the trailing edge of an airfoil as it is accelerated from rest in a fluid. [Clancy, L.J., Aerodynamics , Figure 4.7] It leaves the airfoil (which now has an equal but opposite… …
