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  Wind power - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Deployment could be done by feeding electricity to the turbines, which would turn them into electromotors, lifting the structure into the sky.
A wind farm that produces the energy equivalent of a conventional power plant would have to cover an area of approximately 300 square miles.
Offshore sites eliminate some of these objections, bur raise others such as dangers to navigation and the possible adverse effect of low-frequency vibration on aquatic mammals.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Wind_power   (4469 words)

  
 SpaceShipOne
More aggressive, lateral directional characteristics including adverse yaw, roll rate effectiveness and control, including 360 degree aileron roll, and full rudder side slips.
Lateral directional characteristics including adverse yaw, roll rate effectiveness and control including aileron roll and full rudder side slips.
The feather was extended after a 4G pull-up to the vertical at 24,500 feet and rudder used to induce sideslip and yaw rates while "going-over-the-top".
www.astronautix.com /craft/spaipone.htm   (4719 words)

  
 Articles - Wright Brothers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
On March 23, 1903 they applied for a patent for their novel technique of flight control.
The broad protection intended by this language was important in the patent infringement lawsuits the Wrights brought and won against Glenn Curtiss and other early aviators who adopted ailerons while the Wrights continued the use of wing-warping.
The patent also describes the innovative steerable rear vertical rudder and its vitally important use in combination with wing-warping to overcome the problem of "skidding" (adverse yaw) when turning the aeroplane.
www.zdiamond.net /articles/Wright_Brothers   (5858 words)

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