Military aeroplanes, simplified, enlarged; an explanatory consideration of their characteristics, performances, construction, maintenance, and operation, specifically arranged for the use of aviators and students (1918)
bilizer and fins areconsidered later. Let it suffice here for us to understand how a movable flap, fastenedto a fixed surface, gives a desired variation in Lift. So that with theusual disposition on an aeroplane — the wing flaps out at the ends ofthe wings, when moved one up, the other down,… … Pulley forCdble., Wing fid p.-,(Aileron)
Airplanes · Aeronautics, Military
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