Study shows hovering hummingbirds generate two trails
... and downstrokes, hummingbirds can rotate their link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00348-012-1439wings. They can even flap their wings from front to 5 back with a 180-degree amplitude. "We began this study to investigate how the hummingbird used its tail while hovering," said Provided by University ...
... and downstrokes, hummingbirds can rotate their link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00348-012-1439wings. They can even flap their wings from front to 5 back with a 180-degree amplitude. "We began this study to investigate how the hummingbird used its tail while hovering," said Provided by University ...
Aerodynamics
... off the airspeed indicator. The raw speed. Calibrated airspeed – The airspeed corrected for instrument and position error. Errors occur from limitations where the pitot tube is located, or even where the static port is placed. Equivalent airspeed – The airspeed after it is calibrated for compressibi ...
... off the airspeed indicator. The raw speed. Calibrated airspeed – The airspeed corrected for instrument and position error. Errors occur from limitations where the pitot tube is located, or even where the static port is placed. Equivalent airspeed – The airspeed after it is calibrated for compressibi ...
Swept wing
A swept wing is a wing which angles either backward or, occasionally, forward, from its root rather than in a straight sideways direction. Wing sweep has the effect of delaying the shock waves and accompanying aerodynamic drag rise caused by fluid compressibility near the speed of sound, improving performance. Swept wings are therefore often used on jet aircraft designed to fly at these speeds.Swept wings are also sometimes used for other reasons, such as structural convenience or visibility.Wing sweep at high speeds was first investigated in Germany as early as 1935, but it found no application until just before the end of the Second World War. Swept wings became common on advanced first-generation jet fighters like the MiG-15 and F-86 Sabre, which demonstrated a decisive superiority over the slower first generation of straight-wing jet fighters during the Korean War. Since then swept wings have become almost universal on all but the slowest jets (such as the A-10).The term ""swept wing"" is normally used to mean ""swept back"", but other swept variants include forward sweep, variable sweep wings and oblique wings in which one side sweeps forward and the other back. The delta wing also incorporates the same advantages as part of its layout.The characteristic ""sweep angle"" is normally measured by drawing a line from root to tip, 25% of the way back from the leading edge, and comparing that to the perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. Typical sweep angles vary from 0 for a straight-wing aircraft, to 45 degrees or more for fighters and other high-speed designs.