Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wing consisting of a depressible flap at the trailing edge which doubles the maximum lift and the speed range ratio...
...That 1,200 r.p.m. is the maximum efficient speed for propellers; for higher power, geared propellers of greater diameter, deeper pitch, slower speeds should be used...
...airplane wing enclosing within its trailing edge a flap which the pilot may extrude and withdraw. Extruded, the flap increases the maximum lift by 250%, increases the speed range ratio (difference between top speed and minimum landing speed) by about the same degree...
...Fairchild monoplane equipped with a small fixed winglet above and ahead of the leading edge of each wing section. The device retards the top speed by only 2½ m.p.h., cuts landing speed...
...That 600 m.p.h. is the maximum speed to be hoped for with wing sections...