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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing aircraft

Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as airplanes in North American English and aeroplanes in Commonwealth English. An airplane is a heavier-than-air aircraft where movement of the wings in relation to the aircraft is not used to generate lift. All aircraft wings flex, and some aircraft have wings that can tilt, sweep back or fold, but if none of these movements are used to g ...

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Conventional airplanes

Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia II - Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane Small airplanes can be designed and constructed at home, by aviators who possess sufficient knowledge in the areas of engineering, physics and aerodynamics. Other aviators with less knowledge make their airplanes using complete kits, with pre-manufactured parts, and assemble the aircraft themselves. While there are thousands of "amateur-built" airplanes flying around the world, they are still a small minority. Given their complexity, most airplanes are constructed by companies with the objective of producing them in quantity for custo ...

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Wing

A wing is a surface used to produce an aerodynamic force normal to the direction of motion by travelling in air or another gaseous medium, facilitating flight. It is a specific form of airfoil. The first use of the word was for the foremost limbs of birds, but has been extended to include the wings of Insects, bats and pterosaurs; also man-made devices. A wing is an extremely efficient device for generating lift. Its aerodynamic quality, expressed as a Lift-to-drag ratio, can be up to 60 on some gliders and even more. Th ...

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Westland Aircraft

Westland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil in Somerset, formed just before the start of World War II. During the war the company produced a number of generally unsuccessful designs, but their Lysander would serve as an important liaison aircraft with the RAF. After the war the company focussed on helicopters and was eventually merged with several other British firms to create Westland Helicopters in 1961. In 2000 it merged with Agusta to become AgustaWestland. Westland Aircraft - Histo ...

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Aircraft Designs Inc

Aircraft Designs Inc is a US aircraft design and manufacturing firm founded in Monterey, California by Martin Hollmann in 1986. Apart from working on its own designs, the firm provides design and engineering analysis to other aerospace ventures. Aircraft Designs Inc - External link:. Aircraft Designs Inc website Lists of Aircraft | Aircraft manufacturers | Aircraft engines | Aircraft engine manufacturers Airports | Airlines | Air forces | A ...

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Aircraft flight mechanics

An Aeroplane (Airplane in US usage), is defined as: a power-driven heavier than air Aircraft, deriving its lift chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surface which remain fixed under given conditions of flight. (ICAO Doc 9110) Aircraft flight mechanics - Straight and level flight of airplane. In steady, level flight, an airplane can be considered as being acted on by four forces in equilibrium: lift, weight, thrust, and drag. Thrust is the force generated by the engine and acts along the engine's thr ...

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Airplane!

Airplane! is an American comedy film, first released on July 2, 1980, produced and directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, and starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It is the second of a number of movies produced and directed by the trio (the first being The Kentucky Fried Movie). In some foreign releases (including Australia), Airplane! was entitled Flying High as in those countries airplanes are called aeroplanes. The movie is meant to be a ...

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for land-based aircraft. Modern navies, who operate such ships, treat aircraft carriers as the centerpiece of the fleet, a role previously played by the battleship. The change, part of the growth of air power as a significant part of warfare, took place during World War II. Unescorted carriers ...

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Wing loading

In aerodynamics, wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing. It is broadly reflective of the aircraft's lift-to-mass ratio, which affects its rate of climb, load-carrying ability, and turn performance. Typical wing loadings range from 20 lb/ft² (100 kg/m²) for general aviation aircraft, to 80 to 120 lb/ft² (390 to 585 kg/m²) for high-speed designs like modern fighter aircraft. Wings generate lift owing to the motion of air over the wing surface. Larger wings move more air, so an ...

Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), based in Renton, Washington, is a unit of The Boeing Company, consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division,) as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation. It is the second-largest civil aircraft manufacturer, after Airbus. Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Products. Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Discontinued Boeing aircraft. 247 ...

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Wing fence

Wing fences, also known as boundary layer fences and potential fences are fixed aerodynamic devices attached to aircraft wings. Wing fences are flat metal plates fixed to the upper surfaces(and often wrapping around the leading edge) parallel to the airflow. They work by obstructing the crossflow along the the wing and preventing the entire wing from stalling at once. They are commonly seen on swept-wing aircraft, as they

Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Agricultural aircraft

An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use -- usually aerial application of pesticides (crop dusting) or fertiliser (aerial topdressing); in this role they are referred to as "top dressers" or "crop dusters." Agricultural aircraft are also used for hydroseeding. The most common agricultural aircraft are fixed-wing, such as the Grumman Ag Cat, PAC Fletcher, or Rockwell Thrush Commander but helicopters are also used ...

Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Wing warping

Wing warping was an early system for controling the roll of an aeroplane while flying. The technique, invented and patented by the Wright brothers, used a system of pulleys and cables to twist the trailing edges of the wings in opposite directions. In many respects, this approach is similar to that used to trim the performance of a paper aeroplane by curling the paper at the back of its wings. In practice, wing warping is difficult to control and potentially dangerous. Around 1915, wing warping began to be superseded by ailerons in practical aircraft designs. The history of t ...

Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Aircraft attitude

Aircraft attitude is used to mean two closely related aspects of the situation of an aircraft in flight. In the simplest use it is the orientation of an aircraft with respect to the horizon. This is a function of two angles: pitch and roll. The pitch angle specifies the orientation of the aircraft's longitudinal axis, that is, whether the nose is pointing upwards, is level to the horizon, or is pointing downwards. The roll angle specifies whether the aircraft is banked left or right, or whether its wings are parallel to the hor ...

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Fixed

Fixed may refer to: fixed, a monospace font of X Window System a fixed currency a fixed exchange rate Fixed, an album by Nine Inch Nails Fixing an animal, meaning spaying or neutering, castrating, gelding, and so on Other related archivesFixed, Nine Inch Nails, X Window System, castrating, fixed, fixed currency, fixed exchange rate, font, gelding, monospace, spaying or neutering

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Construction

In project architecture and civil engineering, construction is the building or assembly of any infrastructure. Although this may be thought of as a single activity, in fact construction is a feat of multitasking. Normally the job is managed by the construction manager, supervised by the project manager, design engineer or project architect. While these people work in offices and make the most money, every construction project requires a large number of labo ...

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Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - America airplane

A Dutch-built tri-motor Fokker VII monoplane, the America was flown in 1927 by Richard E. Byrd, Bernt Balchen, George Noville, and Bert Acosta across the Atlantic Ocean. It was the third aircraft to successfully travel nonstop across the Atlantic. Other related archives1927, Atlantic Ocean, Bernt Balchen, Bert Acosta, Fokker, Richard E. Byrd

Fixed-wing aircraft - Designing and constructing an airplane: Encyclopedia - Aspect ratio wing

In aerodynamics, the aspect ratio is an airplane's wing's span divided by its standard mean chord (SMC). It can be calculated more easily, however as span squared divided by wing area: Aspect ratio is a powerful indicator of the general performance of a wing. Wingtip vortices greatly deteriorate the performance of a wing, and by reducing the amount of wing tip area, making it skinny or pointed for instance, you reduce the amount of energy lost to this process, and increase the lift generated by the wing. This is why high perfo ...

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