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WING TOP SURFACE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
CONT

A cut through the wing perpendicular to the leading and trailing edges will show the cross-section of the wing. This side view is called an airfoil, and it has some geometry definitions of its own ... The straight line drawn from the leading to trailing edges of the airfoil is called the chord line. The chord line cuts the airfoil into an upper surface and a lower surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
DEF

Surface supérieure d'une aile.

OBS

extrados : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et Maintenance.

PHR

Lisse, revêtement d'extrados.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
DEF

Cara superior del ala, de los alerones, del estabilizador horizontal y del timón de profundidad de un avión.

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