Hey all.
I posted this in another forum and didn't get a very active response.
Maybe someone here can help me.
I have started a degree in Aerospace Engineering this year and we were discussing flight mechanics in class today - all about leading/trailing edge lift devices.
The lecturor had made a graph which showed a number of aircraft, 737, A320 etc and it showed that Boeing favoured the leading edge+triple slotted trailing edge setup, whilst airbus mainly used leading edge+single (and occasional double) slotted trailing edge devices.
Can anyone help me find out why the 2 manufacturors use different setups on what should be the same wing - A320/737 should have similar characteristics.
Also, I was told that Boeing switched to single slotted flaps on 777, then reverted to triple/double on the 787. What is going on?
Thanks alot,
Jay
I posted this in another forum and didn't get a very active response.
Maybe someone here can help me.
I have started a degree in Aerospace Engineering this year and we were discussing flight mechanics in class today - all about leading/trailing edge lift devices.
The lecturor had made a graph which showed a number of aircraft, 737, A320 etc and it showed that Boeing favoured the leading edge+triple slotted trailing edge setup, whilst airbus mainly used leading edge+single (and occasional double) slotted trailing edge devices.
Can anyone help me find out why the 2 manufacturors use different setups on what should be the same wing - A320/737 should have similar characteristics.
Also, I was told that Boeing switched to single slotted flaps on 777, then reverted to triple/double on the 787. What is going on?
Thanks alot,
Jay
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