Mach tuck is an aerodynamic effect whereby the nose of an aircraft tends to pitch downward as the airflow around the wing reaches supersonic speeds. This...
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at or above the critical Mach number, the shock waves that form in the airflow over the wing and tailplane cause Mach tuck and may be sufficient to stall...
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Coffin corner (aerodynamics) (redirect from Mach CRIT)
a nose-down moment called "mach tuck". The aircraft Mach number at which these effects appear is known as its critical Mach number, or MCRIT. The true...
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up tuck in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tuck may refer to: Tuck (surname), including a list of people Tuck (nickname), a list of people Tuck (footballer)...
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induced excessive wave drag, as well as a form of stability loss known as Mach tuck. Aerodynamicists determined that, by appropriately shaping the airfoil...
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technique employed by Chuck Yeager in the Bell X-1 to avoid what is known as Mach tuck. Furthermore, Mutke's observation that he briefly regained control of...
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although they often suffered from control problems when doing so, such as Mach tuck. Modern aircraft can transit the "barrier" without control problems. By...
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materials can exhibit a compressibility that can be negative. Mach number Mach tuck Poisson ratio Prandtl–Glauert singularity, associated with supersonic...
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parachute-extraction system – Lower Airspace Radar Service (LARS) Machmeter – Mach tuck – Magnetic chip detector – Maintenance – METAR – Meteorology – Maintenance...
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control tested the aircraft’s safety limits. Tucker also began to sense a Mach tuck effect as the airflow over the wings approached the speed of sound. Tucker...
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were redesigned to use a different airfoil that significantly reduced Mach tuck. These changes required that the entire wing be redesigned; the wing spar...
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Mach numbers. They were used to generate additional lift (force) ahead of the aircraft's center of gravity, thus helping to compensate for mach tuck at...
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approaching Mach 0.68, especially during dives, the aircraft's tail would begin to shake violently and the nose would tuck under (see Mach tuck), steepening...
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the wings, as the airplane experienced Mach tuck and nosed over vertically, reaching a speed of at least Mach 0.99 (the highest value that the aircraft's...
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in my pants Don't give me a One-Double-Oh." Index of aviation articles Mach tuck Wing twist https://archive.org/details/TheCambridgeAerospaceDictionar...
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made, they did not realize that the cause of the crash was due to the Mach tuck effect until four years later during wind tunnel tests. The plan for building...
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27 June 1972 Rivet Chip 5 (63-13292) disintegrated when it entered a "Mach tuck" above an altitude of 50,000 feet (15,000 m) near Albuquerque. The crews...
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causing a change in longitudinal trim and a pitching-down tendency known as Mach tuck. Supersonic aircraft had to be made capable of adjusting sufficiently...
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and more surface area; they also had a new airfoil designed to delay Mach tuck. The area of the tailplane and the vertical stabilizer was also increased...
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high-speed dives that led to a nose-down condition subsequently called Mach tuck. Pilots would enter dives, and then find they could no longer control...
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unhurt after experiencing flight control problems, aircraft entering Mach tuck at high altitude, forcing pilot to eject. He was taken to hospital in...
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Airspeed (section Mach number)
compressibility speed limit is given in terms of Mach number. Beyond this speed, Mach buffet or stall or tuck may occur. ICAO recommendations on use of the...
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("Sophia") Adler. Per the biography on the back jacket of Adler's novel Mach 1, "He majored in English at New York University, wrote publicity for Robert...
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MacDowell–Mansouri action Macedonio Melloni Mach's principle Mach bands Mach number Mach principle Mach reflection Mach tuck Mach wave Mache (unit) Macromolecular...
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the 1970s and into the late 1980s. It is capable of a top speed of above Mach 2. The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric...
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busy worrying about others to worry about himself. In jet mode, speed of Mach 1.9, range 4500 miles. Carries electrostatic battery that releases bolt of...
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side view mirrors, power moon roof, dual zone climate control and Ford's Mach audio sound system with rear subwoofer. Many of these features were standard...
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pitch and yaw, and delayed the nosedown trim changes from Mach 0.74 to Mach 0.91. Above Mach 0.91, however, the X-4 still oscillated. In May 1953, the...
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Retrieved 13 June 2021. Mach, Andrzej (1988). "Re: The Royal Thai Navy". Warship International. XXV (3): 226–227. ISSN 0043-0374. Mach, Andrzej (1988). "Re:...
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