General aviation

General aviation

The science and practice of artificial flight which involves the design, development, production, operation of aircraft or heavier-than-air machines.

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Tricycle Gear

Aviation; General aviation

The landing gear arrangement where the airplane has main gear and a nose gear.

Undercamber

Aviation; General aviation

This means that the lower surface of the wing has a hollow curve when observed from front to back. A thin wing with a high camber will be undercambered.

Ventral Fin

Aviation; General aviation

A small vertical surface on the bottom of the aft fuselage. Usually a long, slim triangle that is narrow at the front, and widens toward the rear. It usually ends at the rudder hinge line.

The twist in an airfoil which causes less angle of attack at the tips than the root. For airplanes, this increases stability of the model at slow speeds as the wing tips will stall after the center ...

Weathervane

Aviation; General aviation

This describes the tendency to point into the wind. Stabilizers on a model result in its desire to weathervane.

Wheel Pants

Aviation; General aviation

The large fairings used to streamline the wheels of an aircraft that has non-retracting, or "fixed" landing gear (so-called because it's "fixed" in place).