Slotted wing
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This topic was discussed in the 1910s and became technically relevant in the 1920s. We have good sources to explain it:
- John Green, circa 2009, Handley Page, Lachmann, flow control and future civil aircraft -- looks nice and clear and quotable
- David Musker. 2009. Pride and Priority: Knowledge, power and control in the early aerospace industry. -- Very helpful -- note discussion of Albert Peter Thurston, who worked at British Patent office in the key period, and had interactions with many of our characters -- Maxim, Patrick Alexander, Brewer, Cody, Handley/Page, and others. And, regarding the technology, says "A slotted wing therefore permits a short take off and landing (STOL) plane" for multiple and complicated aerodynamical reasons.
- Sean Seyer's SHOT 2022 presentation about its history was called "Stalled Ambitions: The Case of the Handley Page Slotted Wing"
- w:Flap (aeronautics)
- w:Leading-edge slat
- w:Leading-edge slot
- Cousin Rich Meyer says: Nowadays, slotted flaps are common, to keep the stall speed down. That usually means an aerodynamically significant gap between the trailing edge of the wing and the leading edge of the flap (aileron). If the flap is large, the total picture is similar to a slotted wing, I imagine. (PBM: I didn't catch why this would lower the speed at which a stall would happen.)
| Enclosing categories | Wing, Control, Lift, drag |
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