Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Rogallo wing — in favor of using round parachutes.ConstructionA Rogallo wing is composed of two partial conic surfaces with both cones pointing forward. Slow Rogallo wings have wide, shallow cones. Fast subsonic and supersonic Rogallo wings have long, narrow… … Wikipedia
Rogallo — Parasev, Typ 1 Francis Melvin Rogallo (* 27. Januar 1912) ist ein Aerodynamiker, der durch die Entwicklung und Patentierung flexibler Tragflächen nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg bekannt wurde. Während nach seinem bekanntesten Patent anfangs nur eine… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rogallo-Flügel — Übungs Hängegleiter in Rogallo Bauweise Der Rogallo Flügel gehört zu der Gruppe der flexiblen Tragflächen und wurde im Jahr 1948 von dem Ehepaar Rogallo erfunden. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Aufbau … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wing configuration — For aircraft configurations in general, including fuselage, tail and powerplant configuration, see Aircraft. For rotary winged aircraft types, see Rotorcraft. For direct lift and compound or hybrid types, see Powered lift. Fixed wing aircraft,… … Wikipedia
Wing — A wing is a surface used to produce lift for flight through the air or another gaseous medium. The wing shape is usually an airfoil. The word originally referred only to the foremost limbs of birds, but has been extended to include the wings of… … Wikipedia
Francis Rogallo — (born January 27, 1912) earned an aeronautical engineering degree at Stanford, 1935, and is credited with the invention of the flexible wing . His full name Francis M. Rogallo or Francis Melvin Rogallo is used in the literature. His patents… … Wikipedia
Gertrude Rogallo — was one of the co inventors of the flexible wing. These wings are now known as Rogallo wings. She and her husband, Francis Rogallo, invented the wing and obtained two US patents on different versions of it in the early 1950s. Rogallo wings are… … Wikipedia
Cloth-wing ultralight aircraft — Eipper quicksilver MX A cloth wing ultralight aircraft is an ultralight aircraft with a rigid wing made from a flexible material (cloth), often allowing (roll) control using piano wires. Contents 1 … Wikipedia
Francis Rogallo — Parasev, Typ 1 Francis Melvin Rogallo (* 27. Januar 1912 in Sanger, Kalifornien; † 1. September [1] 2009 in Southern Shores, Dare County, North Carolina) war ein US amerikanischer … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ryan Flex Wing — Ryan Flex Wing … Deutsch Wikipedia
