Tandem wings

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One wing or pair of wings behind the other, not mainly stacked.

Langley's public models had tandem wings. It was a recurring idea, and in some versions one pair rotates (variable incidence) to achieve control as ailerons would.

For more see the rich article at w:Tandem wings.

Enclosing categories Wings, aerofoils, multiwings
Subcategories Langley models
Keywords Wings, tandem, aerofoils
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