- aft wing
- заднее крыло (при двух крыльях)
Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary. - M.: Military publishing house USSR Ministry of Defence. edited by M. Murashkevich. 1974.
Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary. - M.: Military publishing house USSR Ministry of Defence. edited by M. Murashkevich. 1974.
Wing shape optimization — is a software implementation of shape optimization primarily used for aircraft design. This allows for engineers to produce more efficient and cheaper aircraft designs.HistoryShape optimization, as a software process and tool, first appeared as… … Wikipedia
Wing fence — Wing fences, also known as boundary layer fences and potential fences are fixed aerodynamic devices attached to aircraft wings. Not to be confused with wingtip fences, wing fences are flat metal plates fixed to the upper surfaces (and often… … Wikipedia
wing and wing — adverb : with sails boomed out on both sides running wing and wing before the wind * * * Naut. with a sail extended on each side, as with the foresail out on one side and the mainsail out on the other. [1775 85] * * * wing and wing, with two… … Useful english dictionary
Tandem 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… … Wikipedia
Oblique wing — on a NASA AD 1 An oblique wing (also called a slew wing) is a variable geometry wing concept. On an aircraft so equipped, the wing is designed to rotate on center pivot, so that one tip is swept forward while the opposite tip is swept aft. By… … Wikipedia
Rogallo wing — in favor of using round parachutes.ConstructionA Rogallo wing is composed of two partial conic surfaces with both cones pointing forward. Slow Rogallo wings have wide, shallow cones. Fast subsonic and supersonic Rogallo wings have long, narrow… … Wikipedia
Aspect ratio (wing) — In aerodynamics, the aspect ratio of a wing is defined as the square of the wing span divided by the wing area.:AR = {b^2 over S}where: b is the wing span, and: S is the wing area.Informally, a high aspect ratio indicates long, narrow wings,… … Wikipedia
Forward-swept wing — The forward swept wing is a high performance , first proposed in 1936 by a German aircraft designer.US Centennial of Flight Commission. [http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Evolution of Technology/foward sweep/Tech9.htm Forward Swept Wings .] … Wikipedia
swing-wing — ¦ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : having an airplane wing whose outer portion folds back along the fuselage to give the plane an arrowhead planform at high speeds * * * /swing wing /, adj. (of an airplane) having wings whose horizontal angle to the… … Useful english dictionary
fore-and-aft sails — Sail Sail, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil, OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root] 153.] 1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
goose wing — noun A position of sails in a fore and aft rigged sailboat, in which the mainsail is set to the leeward and the jib to the windward. This position may be used when running (almost) straight downwind. Syn: gull wing, wing and wing … Wiktionary