Wing warping was an early system for lateral (roll) control of a fixed-wing aircraft or kite. The technique, used and patented by the Wright brothers...

were warped, or twisted, the trailing edge that was warped down produced more lift than the opposite wing, causing a rolling motion. The warping was controlled...

and practical than wing warping. Ailerons also had the advantage of not weakening the airplane's wing structure as did the wing warping technique, which...

of their patent on flying. Unlike modern control surfaces, they used wing warping. In an attempt to circumvent the Wright patent, Glenn Curtiss made hinged...

kilowatts) gasoline engine powering two pusher propellers. Employing "wing warping", it was relatively unstable and very difficult to fly. The Wright brothers...

roll control using wing warping and combined roll with simultaneous yaw control using a steerable rear rudder. Although wing-warping as a means of roll...

operation of the wing warping system illustrated to the right: "The wings can be warped down by swinging the steering lever. As one side is warped down, the...

Moveable wingtips can affect the controlability of a wing. Wing warping the ends of the wing, produced roll control on the earliest of aircraft such...

the aircraft's roll and pitch by moving the ailerons (or activating wing warping on some very early aircraft designs) when turned or deflected left and...

controlling both yaw and pitch, a form of roll control supplied either by wing warping or by ailerons and controlled by its pilot with a joystick and rudder...

YC-14 in 1976. Also known as the FlexFoil. A modern interpretation of wing warping, internal mechanical actuators bend a lattice that changes the airfoil...

elevator and rudder, with roll control provided through wing warping (No. 20), with the wings only warping "down". In 1908, Wilbur Wright travelled to Europe...

sides. The unequal-span wings were unstaggered, with lateral control by wing warping, while the aircraft had a large semi-circular tailplane. Armament remained...

Aeroelasticity Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Parker variable wing Variable-camber wing Variable-sweep wing Wing warping "FlexSys Inc.: Aerospace". Archived...

Look up warp, warped, or warping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Warp, warped or warping may refer to: WaRP Graphics, an alternative comics publisher...

2002). "Technology that enables wing 'warping' rolled out at Dryden, Boeing". Boeing Frontiers. Boeing Active Aeroelastic Wing page AAW NASA gallery Boeing...

Gallaudet Hydroplane (a.k.a. Gallaudet Wing-Warping Kite or Hydro-Bike) is an early aircraft employing the use of wing-warping for roll control. The Gallaudet...

or not. The technique of wing-warping is described, but the patent explicitly states that other methods instead of wing-warping including ailerons, which...

edge flaps on the wings (1885–1886) for roll control, and later, full wing warping systems for roll (1903–1905) and for both pitch and roll (1911). Montgomery...

1896. Its wing airfoil was derived from Otto Lilienthal's published tables of aerodynamic lift. The glider was designed with wing-warping capability...

controlling both yaw and pitch, a form of roll control supplied either by wing warping or by ailerons and controlled by its pilot with a joystick and rudder...

high wing loading of 689 kg/m² uses leading-edge extensions to increase wing lift at high angles of attack. Disk loading Lift coefficient Wing warping "Wing...

A variable-sweep wing, colloquially known as a "swing wing", is an airplane wing, or set of wings, that may be modified during flight, swept back and...

"conventionally", the inside wing slowed down so much that it settled to the ground. By employing "backwards" wired wing-warping, the inside wingtip angle...

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characteristics of lightweight construction to control flight through wing warping. Others made collapsible wings for folding away, such as the flying car...

wings with rounded ends and used wing warping for roll control. The wings were of unequal span with the upper wing's span being 36 ft 7+1⁄2 in (11.163 m)...

fuselage. Some engines are installed in the aircraft wing, as in the De Havilland Comet and Flying Wing type aircraft. Engines may be mounted in individual...

with welded steel tubing as well as incorporating ailerons instead of wing-warping. The Vickers 22 became the final type used by the Italian contestant...

shoulders of the pilot's flightsuit, somewhat like the hip-movement wing-warping control of the Wright Flyer. On the morning of 12 November 1906 the aviation...