flying wing
All-wing airplane design
A flying wing is an aircraft design where the fuselage and wings form a single unified structure, with no distinct tail section.
The entire body generates lift, making it aerodynamically efficient.
The B-2 stealth bomber is the most famous example.
In American and Canadian football, a flying wing is an offensive backfield position—a player who lines up behind and outside the line of scrimmage, ready to run or receive.
Having no rear appendage
- B-2Stealth strategic bomber
- NorthropAerospace company founder
- elevonDual-function wing control
- stealth bomberRadar-invisible attack aircraft
airfoil · fuselage · monoplane · jet engine · avionics · nacelle · hangar · takeoff
Mechanism for vertical transport
- dragResistance through fluid
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- boundary layerViscous region near walls
vortex · streamline · stall · pitch · yaw · roll · chord · camber
Ascend to heights
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- hoverRemain suspended midair
- sailShip's wind-catching fabric
coast · airborne · thermals · updraft · currents · bank · cruise · maneuver
Radar-evading military aircraft
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- covertIntentionally concealed
- undetectableImpossible to notice
- radar cross-sectionObject's reflectivity to detection waves
jamming · penetration · sortie · strategic bomber · night operations · classified
First to explore territory
- experimentalTesting new methods
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- futuristicSuggestive of times ahead
unconventional · visionary · advanced · next-generation · prototype · aerospace engineering · wind tunnel
tailless
Having no rear appendage
stealth bomber · airfoil · fuselage · monoplane · jet engine · avionics · nacelle · hangar · takeoff · landing
lift
Mechanism for vertical transport
- dragResistance through fluid
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
boundary layer · vortex · streamline · stall · pitch · yaw · roll · chord · camber · thrust
soar
Ascend to heights
sail · coast · airborne · thermals · updraft · currents · bank · cruise · maneuver · descend
B-2 Spirit
Radar-evading military aircraft
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- covertIntentionally concealed
- undetectableImpossible to notice
radar cross-section · jamming · penetration · sortie · strategic bomber · night operations · classified
pioneering
First to explore territory
- experimentalTesting new methods
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- breakthroughSudden important advance
futuristic · unconventional · visionary · advanced · next-generation · prototype · aerospace engineering · wind tunnel
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- flying vehiclesairship, shuttle, VTOL, tiltrotor, jetpack
- model aircraftmodel airplane, model kits, RC helicopter, quadcopter, model aircraft
- paper airplanesdart, glider, stunt plane, arrow
- Stealth AircraftB-2 Spirit, F-22 Raptor, stealth bomber, stealth fighter, stealth aircraft
- aircraft partsfuselage, aileron, ailerons, cockpit, rudder