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What (who) is sweepback - definition

PLANE WING THAT ANGLES BACKWARDS OR FORWARDS
Swept-wing; Sweep angle; Sweep theory; Sweepback; Wing sweep; Swept back wing; Swept-back wing; Sweeping theory
  • A [[MiG-15]] of the [[Polish Air Force]]
  • The first American swept-wing aircraft, the [[Boeing B-47 Stratojet]]
  • A Burgess-Dunne tailless biplane: the angle of sweep is exaggerated by the sideways view, with washout also present at the wingtips.
  • The [[de Havilland DH 108]], a prototype swept-wing aircraft
  • [[Grumman X-29]] experimental aircraft, an extreme example of a forward swept wing
  • [[Yakovlev Yak-25]] swept wing
  • A [[Messerschmitt Me 262]] showing its pioneering ''swept wing'' design
  • Artist's impression of the Miles M.52
  • glider]] showing forward swept wing

sweepback         
¦ noun the angle at which an aircraft's wing is set back from a right angle to the body.
Swept wing         
A swept wing is a wing that angles either backward or occasionally forward from its root rather than in a straight sideways direction.
swept-wing         
¦ adjective (of an aircraft) having wings directed backwards from the fuselage.

Wikipedia

Swept wing

A swept wing is a wing that angles either backward or occasionally forward from its root rather than in a straight sideways direction.

Swept wings have been flown since the pioneer days of aviation. Wing sweep at high speeds was first investigated in Germany as early as 1935 by Albert Betz and Adolph Busemann, finding application just before the end of the Second World War. It has the effect of delaying the shock waves and accompanying aerodynamic drag rise caused by fluid compressibility near the speed of sound, improving performance. Swept wings are therefore almost always used on jet aircraft designed to fly at these speeds.

The term "swept wing" is normally used to mean "swept back", but variants include forward sweep, variable sweep wings and oblique wings in which one side sweeps forward and the other back. The delta wing is also aerodynamically a form of swept wing.