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    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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    Tailplane (section Mach tuck)
    movement of shockwaves. This causes a nose-down pitching moment called Mach tuck. Significant trim force may be needed to maintain equilibrium, and 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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    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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    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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