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laminar-flow airfoil

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A low-drag airfoil designed to maintain laminar (smooth, continuous) flow over a high percentage of the CHORD about itself. Often relatively thin, especially along the leading edge, with most of its ...

landing wires

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Interplane bracing wires that help support wingloads when the plane is on the ground. Direction of travel is downward and outward from the fuselage. Opposite of FLYING WIRES.

lift

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The force exerted on the top of a moving airfoil as a low-pressure area (vacuum) that causes a wingform to rise. AIRFOILs do not "float" on air, as is often assumed—like a boat hull floats on ...

lift-drag ratio

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The lift coefficient of a wing divided by the drag coefficient, as the primary measure of the efficiency of an aircraft; aka L/D Ratio.

lift wires

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Interplane bracing wires that help support wingloads when the plane is in flight. Direction of travel is upward from the bottom of the fuselage to the top of the interplane struts. Also known as ...

light sport aircraft

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Special FAA certification class (LSA) for an aircraft other than a helicopter or powered-lift—single-engine aircraft, airship, balloon, GLIDER, GYROCOPTER, ROTORCRAFT, weight-shift-control aircraft. ...