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aerodynamic balance
- Definição1
- A means of reducing the hinge movement and thereby the physical effort needed to control an aircraft. If control surfaces were hinged at their leading edge and allowed to trail from this position in flight, the forces required to change the angle on all except light and slow aircraft would be prohibitive.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- GARCÍA DE LA CUESTA, Jorge. Aviation terminology: english-spanish, spanish-english aeronautical dictionary. Madrid: Diaz de Santos, 2003. 909 p.
- Nota adicional1
- Some form of aerodynamic balancing is required to assist the pilot to move controls easily in the absence of power-assisted controls. The most common forms of aerodynamic balancing are inset hinges, horn balances, internal balances, and tab balances. In the case of propellers, they are aerodynamically balanced when the resultant aerodynamic action on the blade comprises only thrust along the axis of rotation and a torque about that axis.
- Subárea
- Aerodynamics
- Spanish
- compensación aerodinámica