 | United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - 52 pages
...change the form of a wing by twisting it. Warping is sometimes used to maintain the lateral equilibrium of an airplane. WASH. — The disturbance in the air produced by the passage of an aerofoil. WASHIN- — A permanent increase in the angle of attack near the tip of the wing. WASHOUT.... | |
 | United States. Army. Air Corps, Charles Norton Monteith - 1927 - 368 pages
...change the form of a wing by twisting it. Warping is sometimes used to maintain the lateral equilibrium of an airplane. WASH.— The disturbance in the air...the "wake," in the general case for any solid body.) WASH IN. — -Permanent warping of the wing which results in an increase in the angle of attack near... | |
 | Victor Wilfred Pagé - 1927 - 902 pages
...vertical component of the air speed of an aircraft, ie, its vertical velocity with reference to the air. wash — The disturbance in the air produced by the...the "wake" in the general case for any solid body. weight empty — The structure, power plant, and fixed equipment of an aircraft. Included in this fixed... | |
 | United States. Army. Air Corps, Charles Norton Monteith - 1927 - 356 pages
...(Also called the "wake," in the general case for any solid body.) WASH IN. — Permanent warping of the wing which results in an increase in the angle of attack near the tip. WASH OUT.— Permanent warping of a wing which results in a decrease in the angle of attack near the... | |
 | Merrill Hamburg - 1928 - 258 pages
...Also called the 'wake' in the general case for any solid body. Washin — Permanent warping of the wing which results in an increase in the angle of...in a decrease in the angle of attack near the tip. Wind tunnel — An elongated chamber, usually a tube divergent at the ends, through which a steady... | |
 | Fred Herbert Colvin, Henry Fred Colvin - 1928 - 488 pages
...change the form of a wing by twisting it. Warping is sometimes used to maintain the lateral equilibrium of an airplane. Wash — The disturbance in the air...for any solid body. Washin — Permanent warping of the wing which results in an increase in the angle of attack near the tip. Washout — Permanent warping... | |
 | Merrill Hamburg - 1928 - 256 pages
...change the form of a wing by twisting it. Warping is sometimes used to maintain the lateral equilibrium of an airplane. Wash — The disturbance in the air...for any solid body. Washin — Permanent warping of the wing which results in an increase in the angle of attack near the tip. Washout — Permanent warping... | |
 | Virginius Evans Clark - 1928 - 216 pages
...has been used to affect lateral control of an airplane, but ailerons are now used for this purpose. wash. The disturbance in the air produced by the passage...for any solid body. wash-in. Permanent warping of the wing which results in an increase in the angle of attack near the tip. wash-out. Permanent warping... | |
 | United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - 1940 - 44 pages
...a wing by twisting it. Warping was formerly used to perform the function now performed by ailerons. wash — The disturbance in the air produced by the...in the general case for any solid body. washin^— A warp of an airplane wing giving an increase of the angle of attack toward the tip. washout — A... | |
 | United States. Civil Air Patrol - 1949 - 582 pages
...Visibility— The greatest distance toward the horizon at which landmarks of fair size can be distinguished. •Wash" — The 'disturbance in the air produced...airfoil. Also called the "wake" in the general case of any solid body. Wheel (nose) — A wheel set ahead of the main wheels to support the nose of plane... | |
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Wash. The disturbance in the air produced by the passage of an airfoil. (Also called the "wake," in the general case for any solid body.) Washin. 
