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- Definição1
- Visibly obvious backwards inclination of aerofoil from root to tip so that leading edge meets relative wind obliquely. This is usually done to increase critical Mach number.
- Fonte1
- GUNSTON, Bill. The Cambridge aerospace dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2004. vii, 740 p. (Cambridge aerospace series.)
- Fonte2
- ANTAS, Luiz Mendes. Glossário de termos técnicos. São Paulo: Traço, 1979. 756 p. (Coleção Aeroespacial; t. 1.)
- Nota adicional1
- Information regarding this term is a result of researches developed by DECEA in cooperation with ANAC.
- Subárea1
- Aircraft Structure
- Related Term
- trailing sweep
- Variante
- sweepback
- Português
- enflechamento