angle of attack
noun phrase
: the acute angle between the direction of the relative wind and the chord of an airfoil
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The investigation, completed in 2021, blamed the crash on a faulty angle of attack sensor on the plane that fed pilots inaccurate data.
March 2019: An Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 crashed about six minutes after takeoff, killing all 157 people on board.
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Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2024
Even if the wing could have been patched and cold-soaked and Columbia's reentry profile altered to raise the angle of attack and lower the temperature at the wing leading edge, vehicle loss was almost certain.
—Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
The center of pressure for an airfoil, however, is locked in place and does not change with the angle of attack.
—Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
According to the researchers, the angle of attack is the wing's angle and the incoming flow of water.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023
Watch on This is based on rocky performance already encountered, when the difference between the aircraft’s trajectory and where its nose is pointed (known as ‘angle of attack’) exceeds 25 degrees—a common situation when changing elevation.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
These include yaw-rate sensors to measure the angle of attack—that is, the plane’s angle with respect to the oncoming air.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2019
By approaching the target along a specific trajectory, the common big-eared bat Micronycteris microtis treats the leaf as an acoustic mirror to reflect unwanted echoes away from its angle of attack.
—Rachel Berkowitz, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2019
Given this news, the Lakers are the only angle of attack for me.
—Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2024
Even if the wing could have been patched and cold-soaked and Columbia's reentry profile altered to raise the angle of attack and lower the temperature at the wing leading edge, vehicle loss was almost certain.
—Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
The center of pressure for an airfoil, however, is locked in place and does not change with the angle of attack.
—Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
According to the researchers, the angle of attack is the wing's angle and the incoming flow of water.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023
Watch on This is based on rocky performance already encountered, when the difference between the aircraft’s trajectory and where its nose is pointed (known as ‘angle of attack’) exceeds 25 degrees—a common situation when changing elevation.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
These include yaw-rate sensors to measure the angle of attack—that is, the plane’s angle with respect to the oncoming air.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2019
By approaching the target along a specific trajectory, the common big-eared bat Micronycteris microtis treats the leaf as an acoustic mirror to reflect unwanted echoes away from its angle of attack.
—Rachel Berkowitz, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2019
Given this news, the Lakers are the only angle of attack for me.
—Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
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