Tom Nalevanko
Well-Known Member
Does anyone know how this was mechanized? Or a link explaining same? Thanks
"The aircraft has been fitted with a remarkable slat-and-flap system that allows very slow flight indeed, down to an equally low stall speed. Full-span slats, in two sections on each wing, extend automatically as wing incidence increases. The outer slats move individually, but the inners are interconnected and are arranged to extend automatically with the flaps. Consequently, as airspeed is reduced, or when more lift is required as the pilot pulls into a turn, the outer slats extend, followed, if necessary, by the inner slats and flaps. As speed is increased, or incidence reduced, the slats (and flaps) blow in to provide a clean wing...The wing changes shape as required to provide the pilot with the most efficient wing profile for the ambient flight conditions. What’s more, it is achieved by good aerodynamics and not digits as we have to do today... More importantly, the pilot can never forget to lower the flaps for landing, nor can he forget to retract them before the limiting speed is reached after take-off. It is all done automatically, leaving the pilot to look after more important things."
Above from PilotWeb
"The aircraft has been fitted with a remarkable slat-and-flap system that allows very slow flight indeed, down to an equally low stall speed. Full-span slats, in two sections on each wing, extend automatically as wing incidence increases. The outer slats move individually, but the inners are interconnected and are arranged to extend automatically with the flaps. Consequently, as airspeed is reduced, or when more lift is required as the pilot pulls into a turn, the outer slats extend, followed, if necessary, by the inner slats and flaps. As speed is increased, or incidence reduced, the slats (and flaps) blow in to provide a clean wing...The wing changes shape as required to provide the pilot with the most efficient wing profile for the ambient flight conditions. What’s more, it is achieved by good aerodynamics and not digits as we have to do today... More importantly, the pilot can never forget to lower the flaps for landing, nor can he forget to retract them before the limiting speed is reached after take-off. It is all done automatically, leaving the pilot to look after more important things."
Above from PilotWeb
