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Old 5th Nov 2010, 09:27
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404 Titan
 
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NightFlightsAreMagic

Be very careful telling an aeronautical engineer or the interviewers that flaps increase lift. They don’t. To be precise they increase the lifting ability of a wing at lower speeds.

Generally lift is the greatest in a turn, not at take-off.

Predictive windshear works through the aircraft’s wx radar using Doppler shift, i.e. how much a particle moves over a given time. If they exceed a predetermined set of parameters, a visual and aural warning (WINDSHEAR AHEAD) is triggered in the cockpit.
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