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Old 10-08-2007, 01:31 AM
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What's a wickerbill?
I keep seeing the term "wickerbill." What the heck is it?
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A wickerbill is a small strip of metal added to the upper trailing edge of a wing/airfoil usually at a 70 to 90 degree angle. It changes the lift and drag charactaristics of the wing/airfoil allowing adjustments without reshapeing the wing/airfoil. Technicaly what the COT cars are running on the back is a airfoil not a wing as it creates downforce not lift.
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A wickerbill is a small strip of metal added to the upper trailing edge of a wing/airfoil usually at a 70 to 90 degree angle. It changes the lift and drag charactaristics of the wing/airfoil allowing adjustments without reshapeing the wing/airfoil. Technicaly what the COT cars are running on the back is a airfoil not a wing as it creates downforce not lift.

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A wickerbill is a small strip of metal added to the upper trailing edge of a wing/airfoil usually at a 70 to 90 degree angle. It changes the lift and drag charactaristics of the wing/airfoil allowing adjustments without reshapeing the wing/airfoil. Technicaly what the COT cars are running on the back is a airfoil not a wing as it creates downforce not lift.
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i assumed it was a type of duck
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