The DeltaWing is a racing car designed by British race car designer and engineer Ben Bowlby and debuted at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. The entry was...
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A delta wing is a wing shaped in the form of a triangle. It is named for its similarity in shape to the Greek uppercase letter delta (Δ). Although long...
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This is a list of aircraft with delta wings. rcgroups.net Soviet aircraft unknown, Encyclopedia of safety, survincity.com Gunston, W. and Swanborough...
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combine into a single-prototype class, with allowances for the unique DeltaWing to also compete in the new class. The Le Mans Prototype Challenge class...
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Dallara DW12, Bowlby - working for DeltaWing Project 56 LLC, a consortium led by Don Panoz - adapted the DeltaWing design to race at Le Mans. Nissan Motor...
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oxygen-18:oxygen-16 DeltaWing, a prototype racing car High-leg delta, a three phase electrical circuit Delta Delta Delta, a sorority Delta function (disambiguation)...
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Hang gliding (redirect from Delta wing gliders)
aluminium alloy or composite frame covered with synthetic sailcloth to form a wing. Typically the pilot is in a harness suspended from the airframe, and controls...
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IndyCar to join the DeltaWing program in the United SportsCar Championship. Legge competed in the 2014 and 2015 seasons for DeltaWing. In May 2015, Legge...
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FIA Formula 3 Championship since 2017. An adjustable wing was also used by the Nissan DeltaWing at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans, although with free usage...
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debuted in 2012 with the DeltaWing, an unusual rocket-shaped car fielded by All-American Racers and supported by Nissan. The DeltaWing concept showed promise...
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Alexander Rossi (section 2014: Daytona with DeltaWing)
23rd overall. Rossi competed in the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona for the DeltaWing team, joining full-time drivers Andy Meyrick and Katherine Legge, along...
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Highcroft Racing (section 2012 (DeltaWing))
which the DeltaWing ran into a concrete barrier at the Porsche Curves after a collision with Kazuki Nakajima's Toyota TS030 Hybrid. The DeltaWing recorded...
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Ground-effect vehicle (redirect from Wing-In-Ground-Effect craft)
1963 Lippisch developed the X-112, a revolutionary design with reversed delta wing and T-tail. This design proved to be stable and efficient in ground effect...
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Ultralight trike (redirect from Delta Wing Mariah M-9)
Museum': Delta Wing Phoenix VI "Delta Wing Phoenix VI.B Jr". Archived from the original on August 19, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2007., Delta Wing Phoenix...
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Series, the F-102 was the first operational supersonic interceptor and delta-wing fighter operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). The F-102 was...
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Alexander Lippisch (redirect from Lippisch Delta)
glider. He developed and conceptualized delta wing designs which functioned practically in supersonic delta wing fighter aircraft as well as in hang gliders...
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Road to Indy, ahead of the inaugural season in 2022. Chaves joined the DeltaWing entry at the four endurance races of the United SportsCar Championship...
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Concorde (category Tailless delta-wing aircraft)
fuselage permitting 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...
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Dassault Mirage III (redirect from Dassault MD.550 Mystere-Delta)
speed. The delta wing itself limits maneuverability and suffers from buffeting at low altitude due to the large wing area and resulting low wing loading...
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built the oil and water coolers and engineered the suspension on the DeltaWing race car. Health concerns caused him to discontinue working full-time...
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The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was an all-weather interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair. The F-106 was...
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and the other back. The delta wing is also aerodynamically a form of swept wing. There are three main reasons for sweeping a wing: 1. to arrange the center...
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General Dynamics F-16XL (category Tailless delta-wing aircraft)
F-16XL is a derivative of the F-16 Fighting Falcon with a cranked-arrow delta wing. It entered the United States Air Force's (USAF) Enhanced Tactical Fighter...
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Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA (category Tailless delta-wing aircraft)
aircraft design was derived from the F-22 Raptor and featured a stretched delta wing without tail surfaces. NASA and the U.S. Air Force had begun preliminary...
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Boeing X-32 (category Delta-wing aircraft)
therefore was designed around a large one piece carbon fiber composite delta wing. The wing had a span of 9.15 meters, with a 55-degree leading edge sweep, and...
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the 1971 Lunar Roving Vehicle (from the Apollo 15 mission). Nissan's DeltaWing was originally announced for the game, but was briefly removed due to...
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Chengdu J-20 (category Delta-wing aircraft)
intakes, followed by leading edge extensions (LERX) merging into the delta wing with forward-swept trailing edges. The aft section has twin outward canted...
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Sukhoi Su-15 (category Delta-wing aircraft)
("Flagon-A") had pure delta wings like its predecessors, but these were replaced from the 11th production series onward by a new double-delta wing of increased...
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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 test...
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Convair XF-92 (category Tailless delta-wing aircraft)
The Convair XF-92 (re-designated from XP-92 in 1948) was an American, delta wing, first-generation jet prototype. Originally conceived as a point-defence...
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