Critical mach increased: Dont sweat the small stuff
In my own words, same thing and,......
Also from handling the big jets,
" the velocity vector normal to the leading edge
is made less than the chordwise resultant "
What's important ? In my humble opinion.
" the airpeed can can be increased before the effective chordwise component
becomes sonic.
Thus the CRITICAL MACH NUMBER IS RAISED.
Curious Nick14 why look for other things ?
when the interviewer may be asking for your knowledge on things such as local speed, compressiblity, transonic speeds, wing thickness chord ratio, shock waves, longitiudinal stablity.
I wouldnt go too deep or you could get yourself into a hole. you are not expected to be an expert on aerodynamics
Maybe I am wrong. What the hell do I know.
What about the disadvantages
For me a swept wing is worse with a heavy crosswind. I remember that flying the 727.
Which airliner had the highest sweepback and has now ?
Why is a swept wing thin etc ?
Duch roll ?
Last edited by Mach trim; 1st November 2008 at 21:01.