This article is about the wing shape. For the racing car, see DeltaWing.
The Dassault Mirage 2000 is among the most successful delta-winged fighter jets, being used by many countries to this day.
A delta wing is a wing shaped in the form of a triangle. It is named for its similarity in shape to the Greek uppercase letter delta (Δ).
Although long studied, it did not find significant applications until the Jet Age, when it proved suitable for high-speed subsonic and supersonic flight. At the other end of the speed scale, the Rogallo flexible wing proved a practical design for the hang glider and other ultralight aircraft. The delta wing form has unique aerodynamic characteristics and structural advantages. Many design variations have evolved over the years, with and without additional stabilising surfaces.
A deltawing is a wing shaped in the form of a triangle. It is named for its similarity in shape to the Greek uppercase letter delta (Δ). Although long...
The DeltaWing is a racing car designed by British race car designer and engineer Ben Bowlby and debuted at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. The entry was...
aluminium alloy or composite frame covered with synthetic sailcloth to form a wing. Typically the pilot is in a harness suspended from the airframe, and controls...
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. Cropped delta: wing tips are cut off. This helps avoid tip drag at high angles of attack. The Fairey Delta 1 also had a tail. At the...
glider. He developed and conceptualized deltawing designs which functioned practically in supersonic deltawing fighter aircraft as well as in hang gliders...
Museum': DeltaWing Phoenix VI "DeltaWing Phoenix VI.B Jr". Archived from the original on August 19, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2007., DeltaWing Phoenix...
transonic and supersonic speeds. Features included a deltawing and a drooped nose. On 6 October 1954, the Delta 2 made its maiden flight, flown by Fairey test...
speed. The deltawing itself limits maneuverability and suffers from buffeting at low altitude due to the large wing area and resulting low wing loading...
and the other back. The deltawing is also aerodynamically a form of swept wing. There are three main reasons for sweeping a wing: 1. to arrange the center...
concept jet airliner with a deltawing–canard configuration. It was distinguished from conventional airliners by its deltawing and high-subsonic cruising...
Alexander Lippisch's Delta IV was a continuation of his work on deltawing designs pioneered in his Delta I, Delta II and Delta III aircraft. The project...
Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. It was a T-tailed delta-wing aircraft designed for night and all-weather operations and was the last...
of a deltawing, such as those used on the Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde generates a vortex which energises the flow on the upper surface of the wing at high...
The Lippisch Delta VI was a proposed single-seat, twin-jet experimental delta flying wing aircraft begun in 1943 by German designer Alexander Lippisch...
Clouds, Faber and Faber, p. 18, ISBN 978-0-571-24794-3 "Mr Roland Falk - Deltawing aircraft test pilot". Obituaries. The Times. No. 62076. London. 2 March...
Museum': DeltaWing Phoenix VI "DeltaWing Phoenix VI.B Jr. (ca. 1976)". Archived from the original on August 19, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2007., "Delta Wing...
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