variable geometry wing

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Also known as: swing wing

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In airplane: Wing types
Variable geometry (swing) wings can vary the sweep (i.e., the angle of a wing with respect to the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the craft) of their wings in flight. These two types have primarily military applications, as does the oblique wing, in…
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Related Topics:: wing; chord

aspect ratio, in aviation, the ratio of the span to the chord of an airplane wing, the latter being the length of the straight line drawn from the leading to the trailing edge, at right angles to the length of the wing.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Michael Ray.