An oblique wing (also called a slewed wing) is a variable geometry wing concept. On an aircraft so equipped, the wing is designed to rotate on center pivot...
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typography. Oblique wing, in aircraft design Oblique icebreaker, a special type of icegoing ship Oblique arytenoid muscle, in the neck Oblique cord, near...
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NASA AD-1 (redirect from AD-1 Oblique Wing)
demonstrated an aircraft wing that could be pivoted obliquely from zero to 60 degrees during flight. The unique oblique wing was demonstrated on a small...
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such as the Ansaldo SVA, one wing was slightly longer than the other to help counteract engine torque. Oblique wing: one wing sweeps forward and the other...
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Asymmetrical aircraft (category Wing configurations)
included: Messerschmitt P.1109 oblique wing jet Isaacson fighter-bomber, powered by two Napier Sabres. The NASA AD-1 includes oblique wings, and flew 1979-1982...
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Ames staff. Later, still at Ames, Jones promoted the oblique wing. (The first known oblique wing design was the Blohm & Voss P.202, proposed by Richard...
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The term "swept wing" is normally used to mean "swept back", but variants include forward sweep, variable sweep wings and oblique wings in which one...
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Northrop Grumman Switchblade (category Oblique-wing aircraft)
The Northrop Grumman Switchblade was a proposed variable sweep oblique wing unmanned aerial vehicle studied by Northrop Grumman for the United States....
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SWIFT and the BAE Systems Taranis. List of flying wings Circular wing Oblique wing Vincent Burnelli Zanonia macrocarpa Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical...
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forward, as in the oblique wing. Varying the sweep asymmetrically by small amounts was also fundamental to the principle of the wing controlled aerodyne...
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