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X-wings with their s-foils locked in attack position as they assault the Death Star in Star Wars (1997 Special Edition). The T-65B X-wing was produced by the Incom Corporation, which had previously supplied the ARC-170 and Z-95 Headhunter starfighters to the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.
Star Wars: X-Wing is a miniature war game designed by Jay Little and produced by Fantasy Flight Games that was released at Gen Con during August 17, 2012. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It features tactical ship-to-ship dogfighting between various types of starfighters set in the fictional Star Wars universe. [ 4 ]
Both aircraft have a similar wing area, again reflecting the Mustang's superior aerodynamics in spite of much larger size. [1] In another comparison with the Camel, a very large but streamlined aircraft such as the Lockheed Constellation has a considerably smaller zero-lift drag coefficient (0.0211 vs. 0.0378) in spite of having a much larger ...
The B-wing featured S-foils similar in function to those of the X-wing fighter. [10] [14] Merchandise. Both Kenner and Hasbro released B-wing toys, [15] [16] the B-wing is part of two Micro Machines three-packs, [17] [18] and Lego has made several B-wing sets.
Camber is a complex property that can be more fully characterized by an airfoil's camber line, the curve Z(x) that is halfway between the upper and lower surfaces, and thickness function T(x), which describes the thickness of the airfoils at any given point. The upper and lower surfaces can be defined as follows:
In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack exceeds its critical value. [1] The critical angle of attack is typically about 15°, but it may vary significantly depending on the fluid , foil – including its shape, size, and finish – and Reynolds number .
The Shkval, however, was designed to take off and land on its tail, similar to the American Lockheed XFV-1. As a result, it required significantly less space. After drafting the concept and conducting wind tunnel tests at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, Pavel Sukhoi's team received official approval for the project. This approval ...
The distribution of forces on a wing in flight are both complex and varying. This image shows the forces for two typical airfoils, a symmetrical design on the left, and an asymmetrical design more typical of low-speed designs on the right. This diagram shows only the lift components; the similar drag considerations are not illustrated.