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    outcome; this results in various combinations of rudder, elevator, aileron, flaps and engine controls in different situations using a closed feedback loop...
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    A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight. Flaps are usually mounted on the wing trailing edges...
    32 KB (4,036 words) - 23:50, 19 February 2024
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    worship his symbol, a black snake painted on a wall. Worshippers take a fly-flap, known as chhari, round the village. Devotees pay their respect to it and...
    15 KB (1,847 words) - 02:14, 30 May 2024
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    Krueger flaps, or Krüger flaps, are lift enhancement devices that may be fitted to the leading edge of an aircraft wing. Unlike slats or droop flaps, the...
    7 KB (909 words) - 06:57, 19 May 2024
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    Blown flaps or jet flaps are powered aerodynamic high-lift devices used on the wings of certain aircraft to improve their low-speed flight characteristics...
    15 KB (2,161 words) - 20:01, 25 April 2024
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    The Gurney flap (or wickerbill) is a small tab projecting from the trailing edge of a wing. Typically it is set at a right angle to the pressure-side surface...
    20 KB (2,295 words) - 20:53, 27 March 2024
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    Mayfly (redirect from May-Fly)
    front of the eyes. The mouthparts are designed for chewing and consist of a flap-like labrum, a pair of strong mandibles, a pair of maxillae, a membranous...
    71 KB (7,586 words) - 03:00, 30 April 2024
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    wings, etc. Robert J. Lang (1997). Origami in Action: Paper Toys that Fly, Flap, Gobble and Inflate. St. Martin's Griifin. ISBN 0-312-15618-9. Robert...
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  • 25 Favorite Albums". Complex. Retrieved August 28, 2020. Super Fly (Vinyl opening flap). Curtis Mayfield. Chicago, IL, United States: Curtom. 1972. CRS...
    26 KB (2,134 words) - 17:59, 19 May 2024
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    pteron 'wing') is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings. Designers sought to imitate the flapping-wing flight of birds, bats, and insects. Though...
    34 KB (4,176 words) - 05:39, 9 May 2024
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    leading-edge droop flap is a device on the leading edge of aircraft wings designed to improve airflow at high angles of attack. The droop flap is similar to...
    4 KB (417 words) - 12:49, 15 May 2024
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    is deployed when required. Common movable high-lift devices include wing flaps and slats. Fixed devices include leading-edge slots, leading edge root extensions...
    9 KB (1,240 words) - 16:01, 11 October 2023
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    aircraft intended to operate within a wide range of speeds. Trailing-edge flap systems running along the trailing edge of the wing are common on all aircraft...
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    energetic cost of flapping-wing flight. Birds change the angle of attack continuously within a flap, as well as with speed. Small birds often fly long distances...
    46 KB (5,608 words) - 04:27, 16 May 2024
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    higher heart rate and flap their wings more frequently compare to those flying in V formation. In a V formation, some birds prefer to fly at the left, some...
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    Dragonfly (redirect from Dragon fly)
    covered by a simple flap (vulvar lamina) or an ovipositor, depending on species and the method of egg-laying. Dragonflies having simple flaps shed the eggs...
    83 KB (9,339 words) - 21:36, 21 May 2024
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    upon Cook's head and shoulders, and making him clutch his kāhili ("fan", "fly flap") which was a symbol of authority. Kalaniʻōpuʻu also laid several other...
    60 KB (6,230 words) - 06:41, 31 May 2024
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    aircraft but may also appear on smaller ones). Many aircraft have wing flaps, controlled by a switch or a mechanical lever or in some cases are fully...
    22 KB (2,621 words) - 02:02, 15 March 2024
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    green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) is a blowfly found in most areas of the world and is the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species. Its...
    32 KB (4,018 words) - 22:17, 15 April 2024
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    ailerons, but on some aircraft, will "droop" when the flaps are deployed, thus acting as both a flap and a roll-control inboard aileron. Slats, also known...
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