Aircraft with active control of the warping of its wings

   
   

An aircraft with active control of the warping of its wings may include at the outer end of each wing an articulating additional aerodynamic plane that is swept back with respect to the wing. The pivoting of the additional aerodynamic plane is controlled in such a way that, at certain flight points of the aircraft, the aerodynamic forces engendered by the additional aerodynamic plane modify the reference warp of the wing into an aerodynamically optimal warp for the relevant flight point.

Um avião com controle ativo de entortar de suas asas pode incluir na extremidade exterior de cada asa um plano aerodinâmico adicional de articulação que seja varrido para trás com respeito à asa. Girar do plano aerodinâmico adicional é controlado de tal maneira que, em determinados pontos do vôo do avião, as forças aerodinâmicas engendered pelo plano aerodinâmico adicional modificam a urdidura da referência da asa em uma urdidura aerodinâmica optimal para o ponto relevante do vôo.

 
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