forward-swept wing

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• 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

• forward swept wing — A wing plan form in which the wings are swept forward (i.e., the tips of the wing are ahead of the roots, unlike in swept back wings). This plan form enjoys the same advantages as a swept back wing but requires a lesser sweep. The wing performs… …   Aviation dictionary

• Swept wing — A swept wing is a wing planform common on high speed aircraft, with the wing swept back instead of being set at right angles to the fuselage. This is a useful drag reducing measure for aircraft flying just below the speed of sound. Forward sweep… …   Wikipedia

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• Wing loading — In aerodynamics, wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing. [Thom, 1988. p. 6.] It is broadly reflective of the aircraft s lift to mass ratio, which affects its rate of climb, load carrying ability, and… …   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

• Flying wing — For the Canadian football position, see Flying wing (football). Flying wing Graphic rendering A flying wing is a tailless fixed wing aircraft which has no definite fuselage, with most of the crew, payload and equipment being housed inside the… …   Wikipedia

• oblique wing — A wing that pivots at its midpoint as a single unit, so that one half is swept back and the other half is swept forward. Also called a slew wing. An oblique wing …   Aviation dictionary

• 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

• Fictional military aircraft — are imagined aircraft which are used in fiction, in its various media, but do not exist in the real world. These aircraft may be conjectured variants of real world aircraft or they may be completely fabricated by the author. Contents 1 Fictional… …   Wikipedia

• Sukhoi Su-47 — infobox Aircraft name = Su 47 Berkut caption = type = Technology Demonstrator manufacturer =Sukhoi designer =Sukhoi Design Bureau of Moscow first flight = 25 September 1997 introduced =January 2000 retired = status = Experimental primary user =… …   Wikipedia