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  • Thumbnail for Mach tuck
    itself flies faster, the shock wave over the wing gets stronger and moves rearwards, creating high lift further back along the wing. It is this rearward movement...
    11 KB (1,317 words) - 11:39, 19 December 2023
  • of attack for the same lift, which tilts the total aerodynamic force rearwards and increases the drag component of that force. The angular deflection...
    22 KB (2,423 words) - 15:56, 6 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aircraft canopy
    most ejection seat equipped aircraft, the canopy is blown upwards and rearwards by explosive charges. The relative wind then blows the canopy away from...
    10 KB (1,195 words) - 18:04, 22 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Semi-automatic pistol
    spent cartridge casing is extracted and ejected as the slide/bolt moves rearwards under recoil, the hammer/striker is cocked by the slide/bolt movement...
    25 KB (3,344 words) - 15:23, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
    firing the bolt and case have a short, but significant, distance to travel rearwards before the bolt-end re-emerges and the case in turn begins to leave the...
    27 KB (3,189 words) - 19:27, 28 February 2024
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    vector pointing forwards and upwards, and a drag force vector pointing rearwards and upwards. The upwards components of these counteract gravity, keeping...
    212 KB (22,687 words) - 18:38, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Landing gear
    nacelle, rotated the single gear strut through a 90° angle during the rearwards-retraction sequence to allow the main wheel to rest "flat" above the lower...
    88 KB (10,926 words) - 13:55, 26 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vought F4U Corsair
    An early F4U-1 showing the "birdcage" canopy with rearwards production cockpit location....
    107 KB (14,148 words) - 01:05, 5 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Turbofan
    fan that uses the mechanical energy from the gas turbine to force air rearwards. Thus, whereas all the air taken in by a turbojet passes through the combustion...
    92 KB (11,175 words) - 16:07, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shuriken
    thrown in a number of ways, such as overhead, underarm, sideways and rearwards, but in each case the throw involves the blade sliding out of the hand...
    14 KB (1,634 words) - 03:47, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Junkers Ju 88
    The first five prototypes had conventionally-operating dual-strut leg rearwards-retracting main gear, but starting with the V6 prototype, a main gear...
    67 KB (9,560 words) - 16:03, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tupolev Tu-95
    fitted, with all three gear strut units retracting rearwards, with the main gear units retracting rearwards into extensions of the inner engine nacelles. The...
    61 KB (6,089 words) - 04:56, 8 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jet engine
    are reaction engines that generate thrust by emitting a jet of fluid rearwards at relatively high speed. The forces on the inside of the engine needed...
    61 KB (7,818 words) - 07:02, 26 April 2024
  • Rear-view mirror, a mirror in vehicles that allows the driver to see rearwards Wing mirror, or side mirror, a mirror on the exterior of vehicles This...
    208 bytes (63 words) - 00:01, 28 December 2019
  • Thumbnail for Bolt action
    is needed and the bolt unlocks automatically when the handle is pulled rearwards by the user's hand. Bolt-action firearms are generally repeating firearms...
    35 KB (4,451 words) - 12:58, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Extractor (firearms)
    the bolt head that grab onto the casing's rim, so when the bolt moves rearwards the casing is pulled out of the chamber. It is typically aided by a protruding...
    6 KB (847 words) - 22:03, 28 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hawker Hurricane
    strut to be perpendicular to the thrust line when extended and angle rearwards when retracted to clear the forward spar. A hydraulic jack actuated the...
    129 KB (17,953 words) - 11:40, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for .303 British
    exit. The design of the Mk IV hollow-point bullet shifted bullet weight rearwards, improving stability and accuracy over the regular round-nose bullet....
    44 KB (4,896 words) - 19:31, 18 April 2024
  • propellant gases have to overcome static inertia to accelerate the bolt rearwards to open the breech. In an API blowback, they first have to do the work...
    57 KB (7,162 words) - 20:30, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rear-view mirror
    Mirror in vehicles that allows the driver to see rearwards...
    16 KB (1,558 words) - 23:50, 24 December 2023
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