Flap (aeronautics)
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A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight. Flaps are usually mounted on the wing trailing edges of a fixed-wing aircraft. Flaps are used to r
Trailing edge flaps extended on the right on a typical airliner (an Airbus A310-300). Leading edge slats are also extended, on the left.
The three orange pods are fairings streamlining the flap track mechanisms. The flaps (two on each side, on the Airbus A319) lie directly above these.
Flaps during ground roll after landing, with spoilers up, increasing drag.
North American T-6 trainer, showing its split flaps
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa
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The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, formal Japanese designation Army Type 1 Fighter is a single-engine land-based tactical fighter designed and produced by the Japanese manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company
Flap (aeronautics)
…of an aerotow launch and at the end of the landing run in order to maintain better control by the ailerons. Like gliders, some fighters such as the Nakajima Ki-43 also use special flaps to improve maneuverability during air combat (manually operated, just a fowler flap), reducing the stalling speed and allowing…
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A Ki-43-II.
A downed Ki-43 of the 50th Sentai
Schoolgirls wave goodbye to a Ki-43 IIIa, loaded with a 250 kg (550 lb) bomb, on a kamikaze mission, 12 April 1945.