• Deflected slipstream is an approach to creating an aircraft that can take off and land vertically (VTOL), or at least with a very short runway (STOL)....
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  • version of Type 753 Avro 755 – 40 passenger STOL transport with deflected slipstream system Avro 756 – long-range military transport as Type 743 replacement...
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    was followed by the Langley Aerodrome No. 8 (LA-8), a tandem-wing, deflected-slipstream (demonstrated in the late 1950s by the Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane) design...
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    Powerplant: 1 × Avco Lycoming T53-L-1 turboshaft, 1,000 shp (750 kW) Deflected slipstream Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Fairchild VZ-5...
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  • Deep inelastic scattering Defining equation (physical chemistry) Deflected slipstream Deflection (physics) Defocus aberration Deformable body Deformation...
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    In aeronautics, downwash is the change in direction of air deflected by the aerodynamic action of an airfoil, wing, or helicopter rotor blade in motion...
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    force needed by the pilot to deflect the aileron and are often seen on aerobatic aircraft. As the aileron is deflected upward, the spade produces a downward...
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    actually rise up into the slipstream. The increased pressure on top of the trim tab surface caused by raising it will then deflect the entire elevator slab...
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  • real-world scientific concepts, such as tachyon beams, baryon sweeps, quantum slipstream drives, and photon torpedoes. Some of the technologies created for the...
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  • Decepticon-turned-Autobot bounty hunter Drift, with his Minicon pupils Slipstream and Jetstorm, and the spiritual Windblade who is on a mission by the Transformers'...
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  • or propellers slipstream from either the main engines or special assist engines. This accelerated air is then either ducted, deflected or directed in...
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    across the flaps at the rear of the wing. Some of the jet exhaust is deflected downward directly by the flap, while additional air travels through the...
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  • them to be a threat. He tried to kill Optimus but is injured when he deflected as he shot back. However he redeems himself after Cade shames him and...
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    leading edge slats inboard of the engines, which together acted to deflect the slipstream, giving a form of vectored thrust, in order to reduce takeoff and...
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  • manage to escape, their wormhole generator begins malfunctioning while in slipstream because of broken teludav lenses. Coran gets a case of the Slipperies...
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    This meant that the powerful slipstream swung the Spitfire to the right on the ground, requiring the rudder to be deflected to the left during takeoff....
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    primarily on air deflection to protect the rider's head and chest from the slipstream. A Handlebar fairing, also called headlight fairing or headlamp fairing...
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    that could be deflected to act as a full-span flap. For a vertical takeoff two-thirds of the wing chord acted as a flap in the slipstream of the four propellers...
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    in fuel economy of 20 percent or so are still feasible. Drafting or slipstreaming is a technique whereby a smaller vehicle drives (or coasts) close behind...
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  • brother Slipstream, who left the team. Neal and Heather would later be seen as a member of the X-Corporation in Singapore, although Slipstream was nowhere...
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    interception point of the mach disk and the intercepting shock, a residual slipstream will reflect outwardly, until it reaches constant pressure from the surrounding...
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    converts rotary motion from an engine or other power source, into a swirling slipstream which pushes the propeller forwards or backwards. It comprises a rotating...
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    nose) is limited because the propeller creates turbulence and the spiral slipstream displaces the string to one side. The yaw string is considered a primary...
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    upper sides of the fuselage just aft of the wing, with appropriate slipstream deflectors. A second gun was added to the nose turret. New constant speed propellers...
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  • each side, each with 150 rounds, with their muzzles protruding into the slipstream. One NR-23 was mounted in a remotely-controlled Il-K10 tail barbette with...
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    mounted on the canopy arch. When freed, the canopy was taken away by the slipstream. One of the most important modifications to the Spitfire was to replace...
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    configuration autogyros, the rudder is typically placed in the propeller slipstream to maximize yaw control at low airspeed (but not always, as seen in the...
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  • Jean Smart): Richie's soft-spoken yet open-minded mother. "Heavy-C" / Slipstream (voiced by Bumper Robinson): A heavy-set teenage bully who steals others'...
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    generated either by the forward motion of the aircraft or by propeller slipstream. Rudder steering requires considerable practice to use effectively. Although...
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    autorotation. Another approach was to tilt the tail stabiliser to deflect engine slipstream up through the rotor. The most acceptable solution was finally...
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