The droop nose is a feature fitted to a small number of aircraft types so the nose of the aircraft can be lowered during takeoff and landing to improve...

Droop nose may refer to: Droop nose (aeronautics), a component of some supersonic aircraft Leading-edge droop flap, a type of high-lift device found on...

See also: Droop nose (aeronautics) The term droopsnoot or droop snoot has been variously applied to the following: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning (J variant)...

up droop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. To droop means to hang down, to sag, particularly if limp. Droop may refer to: Droop nose (aeronautics), an...

consists of elastic particles. Aircraft fairing Droop nose (aeronautics) Inlet cone Payload fairing Nose bullet "Ballistic Missile Basics". Special Weapons...

4-abreast seating for 92 to 128 passengers, an ogival delta wing and a droop nose for landing visibility. It is powered by four Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus...

axis. When the yoke is pulled back, the nose of the aircraft rises. When the yoke is pushed forward, the nose is lowered. When the yoke is turned left...

in turn increases lift and drag. This is not the same as a leading edge droop flap, as that is formed from the entire leading edge. Invented by Werner...

In aeronautics, a canard is a wing configuration in which a small forewing or foreplane is placed forward of the main wing of a fixed-wing aircraft or...

50% less), and very low inertia and response times, and simplicity. A drooped elevator, nearly touching the grass, on the horizontal stabilizer of this...

center of gravity(cg) to the main and nose gear, respectively. The choice of the nose wheel tires is based on the nose wheel load F n {\displaystyle F_{\text{n}}}...

science of aviation, including designing and building aircraft, is called aeronautics. Crewed aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot, whereas unmanned aerial...

fuselage flow at high angles of attack; for example, the Concorde had small nose strakes "to get a better directional stability". Double delta wing aircraft...

leading edge of an aircraft wing. Unlike slats or droop flaps, the main wing upper surface and its nose is not changed. Instead, a portion of the lower...

compared to nosewheel aircraft. Tailwheel aircraft are more subject to "nose-over" accidents due to incorrect application of brakes by the pilot. Conventional...

Flap Gouge flap Gurney flap Krueger flap Leading-edge cuff Leading-edge droop flap LEX Slats Slot Stall strips Strake Variable-sweep wing Vortex generator...

research for Concorde was notably carried out with the BAC 221, which had a droop nose, and the Dassault Mirage IV. Concorde had an ogee-shaped wing. With British...

photograph has had its plexiglas nose painted-faired over with the nose upper windows and access panels in otherwise typical 'Droop Snoot' configuration. No details...

Benson, T (Ed): "Airplane parts and functions", Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics, NASA Glenn Research Center, On the Wright brother's first aircraft,...

company built under subcontract the famous droop nose for Concorde. In addition to his interest in aeronautics, Marshall also became a gifted sportsman...

with a quartz radome in the production aircraft. The naval LCA has a nose droop to provide improved view for carrier landings. In addition to the elevons...

transonic and supersonic speeds. Features included a delta wing and a drooped nose. On 6 October 1954, the Delta 2 made its maiden flight, flown by Fairey...

"high-lift devices" including leading edge slats, double-slotted flaps and drooping ailerons. The landing gear is also more reinforced when compared to other...

bomber. They re-designed the original "classic" delta wing to incorporate drooping wing tips in order to trap the shock waves mechanically, rather than using...

lost to a "stable stall" on 23 March 1962. It had been clearing the fixed droop leading edge with the test being stall approach, landing configuration,...

produced by the aviation company Atlas Aircraft Corporation (later Denel Aeronautics). It was primarily designed and developed to be operated by the South...

2025–2030. Droop nose demonstrator: This demonstrator is the 1.1 leading edge of a regional A/C for enhanced high-lift performances. The droop nose demonstrator...

arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has one or more nose wheels in a single front undercarriage and two or more main wheels slightly...

contact damage during takeoff and to provide a nose-down pitching attitude, all of the elevons remain drooped during takeoff until a high enough airspeed...

regime, drooping the leading edge within the shock cone increases lift, but not drag to any significant extent. Such conical leading edge droop was introduced...