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- Definição1
- The dimesion of a rotor blade or airfoil from root to tip.
- 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. Rotorcraft flying handbook (FAA-H-8083-21). Washington, DC: FAA, 2000. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/faa-h-8083-21.pdf. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2012.
- Contexto
- Twisting a rotor blade causes it to produce a more even amount of lift along its span. This is necessary because rotational velocity increases toward the blade tip.
- Subárea
- Aircraft
- Related Term
- wing
- Narrower Term
- blade span
- Français
- envergure
- Imagem
The distance A to B is the wingspan of this Aer Lingus Airbus A320.
Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aer.lingus.a320-200.ei-cva.planform.arp.jpg
