A tandem wing is a wing configuration in which a flying craft or animal has two or more sets of wings set one behind another. All the wings contribute to lift.
The tandem wing is distinct from the biplane in which the wings are stacked one above another, or from the canard or "tail-first" configuration where the forward surface is much smaller and does not contribute significantly to the overall lift.
In aviation, tandem wings have long been experimented with, but few designs have ever been put into production.
Tandem wings in nature occur only in insects and flying fish, although in the past there have been tandem-wing flying reptiles.
A tandemwing is a wing configuration in which a flying craft or animal has two or more sets of wings set one behind another. All the wings contribute...
in tandem as well as vertically. The 1907 Multiplane of Horatio Frederick Phillips flew successfully with two hundred wing foils. See also the tandem wing...
took first place. In the fall of 1904 Montgomery conducted tests of his tandem-wing glider, the Montgomery Aeroplane, with associates Frank Hamilton and...
The AeroVironment Switchblade is a miniature loitering munition designed by AeroVironment and used by several branches of the United States military. Small...
configured with tandem wings. The Quickie was primarily designed by Burt Rutan as a low-powered, highly efficient kit-plane. Its tandemwing design has one...
little success. A monoplane has a single wing plane, a biplane has two stacked one above the other, a tandemwing has two placed one behind the other. When...
design. The Q2 is a tandemwing design, having one forward wing (canard) and one rear wing (instead of the more usual main wing and horizontal stabilizer)...
being damaged and the bomber procurement had been cancelled. Tandem-wing designs, with a wing at both ends of an aircraft, reduce centre of gravity problems...
The Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus is a tandem-wing high-altitude long-endurance aircraft designed by Burt Rutan to investigate the use of aircraft...
blades for lift. Tandemwing designs use front and rear wings, optionally attached to each other at the wing tips. Box wing or closed wing designs also use...
bracing, which causes additional drag. Biplanes are distinguished from tandemwing arrangements, where the wings are placed forward and aft, instead of...
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