Sentences with phrase «trailing edge wing»

Asco has well - established customer relationships in its markets with high - value single - source products, including leading and trailing edge wing devices such as slat tracks and flap supports, structural parts and assemblies.

Not exact matches

Lead author Professor Hao Liu, from Chiba University, Japan, said: «Owls are known for silent flight, owing to their unique wing features, which are normally characterised by leading - edge serrations, trailing - edge fringes and velvet - like surfaces.

Most recently, he and his colleague Nigel Peake showed, mathematically, that the noise from airplane wings could be reduced tenfold if their designers took a few cues from the feathers that fringe the trailing edge of an owl's wings.

Also, the wing sits at an angle with its leading edge slightly higher than its trailing one.

For the initial test structure, the goal was to allow the wing to twist in a precise way that would substitute for the motion of separate structural pieces (such as the small ailerons at the trailing edges of conventional wings), while providing a single, smooth aerodynamic surface.

Ailerons / elevators is an aeronautic term that accounts for the movable surfaces, usually near the trailing edge of a wing and tail respectively.

The trailing edge of the wing makes a very nice horizontal design element, neatly framing the lamps, tunnels, and tip of the teardrop - shaped cockpit section.

The spoiler positioned between the two wing supports near the trailing edge of the airflow also extends.

The hydraulically operated systems trim the trailing edge of the front diffuser and opens up the slot between the rear wing main plane and the flap respectively in order increase the aerodynamic efficiency of the Evo.

The width of the tail is emphasised by the slim, full - LED lamps that wrap all the way around the wings almost to the trailing edge of the rear wheelarches.

The only thing that really marks the PHEV out from the non-hybrid V60s is «Plug - In Hybrid» in subtle letters on the trailing edge of the tailgate, small badges at the top back of the front wings and an extra fuel flap on the front wing to plug in to the mains.

The flow of air away from the rear of the CT 200h is carefully controlled through the finely honed trailing edge of the deep roof spoiler, aerodynamic fins at the corners of the rear windows and the sharp, near - vertical junction of rear wing and bumper.

The feature line that starts at the outboard edge of the lower air intake, runs up over the front wing, rises into the waistline and then runs around the trailing edge of the bootlid is an example of this.

Finally, as the photos can reveal, the new Civic Type R features a more comprehensive aero kit consisting of a smoother underbody, front air curtain, a lightweight rear wing, and vortex generators at the trailing edge of the roof line.