Sentence examples for flight surface from inspiring English sources

All were small and light and had extensive feathers that would have formed the flight surface and allowed them to move effectively through the air.

A mathematical model for the flighted rotating drum that determines the holdup and the cascading rate of the particles discharging from the flight surface is developed.

Upon closer inspection, McKellar and his team noticed that some of the feathers resemble those found on modern birds, complete with barbs sporting tiny Velcro-like hooks that lock onto adjacent barbs to create a sturdy flight surface.

In this study, we develop a method for noninvasively measuring the flight surface area of a bird using live homing pigeons (Columba livia).

Feather, the component structure of the outer covering and flight surfaces of all modern birds.

Dr. Fischbeck of Carnegie Mellon said that in addition to holding the wheels and landing gear, the wheel wells and adjoining areas held many fuel and oxygen tanks, as well as hydraulic lines that control the shuttle's flight surfaces.

Controllers studied the data and discovered a momentary pressure drop on one of the hydraulic systems that control the movements of the shuttle's engines and its rudder and other flight surfaces.

Functional independence between the hind limb and tail of living birds enables them to finely control their respective flight surfaces and is the result of a continuous transition from hip to knee-driven locomotion along the theropod lineage to birds17,18.

The NDI design is characterized by i) an inversion step where the trim and flight surfaces deflections are independently calculated and ii) by avoiding the standard linearization of the known aerodynamic database.

Solar panel skins feature on all flight surfaces, and a wind-turbine will create battery-charging capability for both in-flight and when on the ground.

Tiny particles of ash sandblast the windows and flight surfaces of any aircraft passing through even a diffuse volcanic plume, thereby blocking a pilot's view forward.