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  2. Flap (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight. Flaps are usually mounted on the wing trailing edges of a fixed-wing aircraft. Flaps are used to reduce the take-off distance and the landing distance. Flaps also cause an increase in drag so they are retracted when not needed.

  3. Harlan D. Fowler - Wikipedia

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    Testing by Fred Weick at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) realized the Fowler flap would reduce landing speed, decrease landing and take-off runs, and improve climbing ability. The first aircraft to use the Fowler flap included the Martin 146 prototype in 1935, the German Fieseler Fi 97 , and the Lockheed Super Electra in ...

  4. High-lift device - Wikipedia

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    The triple-slotted trailing edge flaps are well displayed and the Krueger flaps on the leading edge also are visible. In aircraft design and aerospace engineering, a high-lift device is a component or mechanism on an aircraft's wing that increases the amount of lift produced by the wing. The device may be a fixed component, or a movable ...

  5. Transall C-160 - Wikipedia

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    Production aircraft for the West German Air Force; 110 were built. [27] Twenty of these aircraft were delivered to Turkish Air Force in 1971 as C-160T. A few of the remaining German C-160 were fitted with the self-protection suite called ESS. C-160F Production aircraft for the French Air and Space Force; 50 were built. [27] C-160P

  6. Krueger flap - Wikipedia

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    Krueger flaps deployed from the leading edge of a Boeing 747 (top left and right in photo). Krueger flaps, or Krüger flaps, are lift enhancement devices that may be fitted to the leading edge of an aircraft wing. Unlike slats or droop flaps, the main wing upper surface and its leading edge is not changed. Instead, a portion of the lower wing ...

  7. Wren 460 - Wikipedia

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    Robertson incorporated many features of the Skyshark into the Wren Aircraft Company's Wren 460. A conversion of the Cessna 180 or 182 airframe, the Wren 460 featured full-span double-slotted flaps, movable spoilers to assist the ailerons with roll control, and an optional reversible pitch propeller for shorter landing runs. Like the Skyshark ...

  8. Adaptive compliant trailing edge - Wikipedia

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    Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) is a research project on shape-changing flaps for aircraft wings, intended to reduce the aircraft's fuel costs and reduce noise during take-off and landing. It is a join effort by NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory [ 1 ] and first airborne tests have been conducted in late 2014.

  9. Blown flap - Wikipedia

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    Ball-Bartoe Jetwing used for blown-wing research. Note the "augmentor", intended to direct the discharged airflow over the wingWilliams [8] states some flap blowing tests were done at the Royal Aircraft Establishment before the Second World War, and that extensive tests were done during the war in Germany including flight tests with Arado Ar 232, Dornier Do 24 and Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft.