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Swept wing

A swept wing is a wing angled either backward or occasionally forward from its root rather than perpendicular to the fuselage.

History, Aerodynamic design & Reasons for sweep

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Reasons for sweep

Structural design

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Swept wing

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Triples91
Avg. degree1.99
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Swept wing

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related to German developments · 17
Swept wing → Adolf Busemann, After, Albert Betz, Arturo Crocco, At, Busemann's, Crocco's, Eastman Jacobs, Even, Germany, He, Italy, Kármán, Max Munk, The, Theodore, Volta Conference
related to Sweep theory · 11
Swept wing → Adolf Busemann, Fifth Volta Conference, In, Jones, Lifting, NACA's Robert, Rome, Sweep, The, There, Weissinger
related to Disadvantages · 9
Swept wing → At, If, North American F-100 Super, Sabre, Sabres, The, This, When, With
related to history · 9
Swept wing → CoG, In, One, Such, The, These, This, To, World War
related to Forward sweep · 6
Swept wing → Additionally, However, In, Sweeping, The, Thus
related to Reasons for sweep · 6
Swept wing → Although, Douglas DC-1, Komet, Mach-number, Messerschmitt Me, There
related to Structural design · 6
Swept wing → Backwards, Because, For, Forward, If, This
related to External links · 5
Swept wing → Another CFD, Effective DihedralThe, L-39, MDXX, Swept Wings
related to Supersonic flight · 3
Swept wing → Mach, Swept, The
see also · 2
Swept wing → Delta, Kármán

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wing swept aircraft wings sweep speed angle supersonic also first mach design airflow air forward lift leading high speeds theory

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Swept wingis awing angled either backward or occasionally forward from its root rather than perpendicular to the fuselage.Swept wings have been flown since the pioneer days of aviation0.90text
the addition of a fin known as a wing fence on the upper surface of the wing to redirect the flow to a streamwise directioninstance ofThis uncontrollable instability came to be known as the Sabre dance in reference to the number of North American F-100 Super Sabres that crashed on landing as a result.Reducing…0.80text
theseinstance ofdesigns0.80text
the F-14instance ofand swing wings on aircraft0.80text
F-111instance ofand swing wings on aircraft0.80text
and the Panavia Tornadoinstance ofand swing wings on aircraft0.80text
the afterburnerinstance ofthough additional innovations0.80text
area-ruleinstance ofthough additional innovations0.80text
new control surfaces would be necessary to master supersonic flight.The Soviet Union was also quick to investigate the advantages of swept wings on high speed aircraftinstance ofthough additional innovations0.80text
when theirinstance ofthough additional innovations0.80text
the Hawker Hunterinstance ofexceeding the sound barrier.The successes of aircraft0.80text
the B-47instance ofexceeding the sound barrier.The successes of aircraft0.80text

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