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- Definição1
- The part of an airfoil that meets the airflow first. This as a structural tube on the WSC airfoil.
- Fonte1
- ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE NORMAS TÉCNICAS. Projeto ABNT 08;020.30-009-1: aeronáutica e espaço – vocabulário – parte 1 – aeronaves. Rio de Janeiro, 2011.
- Fonte2
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Aircraft flying handbook. Washington, 2004. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/FAA-H-8083 -5.pdf. Acesso em: 09 maio 2012.
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part III: investigation. 1st ed. Montreal, 2014. (Doc. 9756)
- Contexto
- Wind tunnel and flight tests indicate that ice, frost or snow formations on the leading edge and upper surface of a wing, having a thickness and surface roughness similar to medium or coarse sandpaper, can reduce wing lift by as much as 30 per cent and increase drag by up to 40 per cent.
- Subárea1
- Aerodynamics
- Related Term
- leading-edge radiator
- trailing edge
- Português
- bordo de ataque
- Imagem
An American Aviation AA-1 Yankee (C-FBVQ) shows its leading edge.
Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AmericanAviationAA-1YankeeClipper05.jpg
