- high lift airfoil
- <aerospace> ■ Hochauftriebsprofil n
English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
high lift airfoil
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Youngman-Baynes High Lift — Infobox Aircraft name= High Lift caption= type=Experimental aircraft manufacturer=Heston Aircraft Ltd designer=L.E. Baynes first flight=5 February 1948 introduced= retired=1954 status= primary user= more users= produced= number built=1 unit cost … Wikipedia
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airfoil classification — Airfoils are divided into three classes: high lift, general purpose, and high speed. High lift aerofoil sections are normally used on sailplanes and aircraft with short field operations. They have a high thickness chord ratio, a pronounced camber … Aviation dictionary
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