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- noun aviation The shape and layout of a fixed-wing aircraft's
fuselage andwing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Frank's note: My observation (I'm no engineer and don't claim to be one) is that payload accommodations in any form of capsule shape is deficient when compared to a payload bay across the center fuselage of any type of lifting body or winged planform ... agreed?
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X-37 is a reentry demonstrator, but to minimize development risk, Boeing and NASA based it on the Shuttle planform.
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So, the only thing X-37 will really prove is that a vehicle based on the Shuttle planform can reenter the atmosphere.
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Another factor is the planform or shape of the wing.
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Another factor is the planform or shape of the wing.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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The Northrop/MDC YF-23 employed planform shaping with extensive blending, the latter technique used to advantage with the large B-2A.
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This means we can narrow it down to a mig 15 or 17. without seeing the wing or a planform shotand without a tail number, I assume this debate will rage.
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The unusual ‘diamond’ planform of the YF-23 is a 2 major lobe design, as all major edges fall into groups of two parallels.
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Vought successfully tried its V-173 in the late 30′s-early 40′s with an ovoid planform and semi-articulated propellers.
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Displayed on the immense luminous wall screen behind the briefer was a planform depiction of the planetary system.
Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005
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