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Definition of Triplane

1. a type of airplane [n -S] - See also: airplane

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triplane

Literary usage of Triplane

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Textbook of Applied Aeronautic Engineering by Henry Woodhouse (1920)
"The Fokker triplane The Fokker triplane can be said to be of the " wire- loss ... In a triplane much the same distribution is found, with the exception that ..."

2. Aeronautical Engineering and Airplane Design by Alexander Klemin, Thomas Henri Huff (1918)
"Chapter IX triplane Combinations — Uses of Negative Tail Surfaces In an article on " The Aerodynamical Properties of the triplane," by JC Hunsaker and TH ..."

3. Aeronautics in Theory and Experiment by William Lewis Cowley, Hyman Levy (1920)
"triplane. Serious attempts have been made, in the desire to obtain more wing area and therefore greater lifting capacity, to arrange the aerofoils in ..."

4. Aeroplane Structures by Alfred John Sutton Pippard, John Laurence (1919)
"In the case of a triplane the ratio of lifts per unit area of the top plane, middle plane, and bottom plane to one another is usually taken as 1 -2 : -8 : 1 ..."

5. Elementary Principles of Aeroplane Design and Construction: A Textbook for by Arthur William Judge (1921)
"The following table shows the Biplane and triplane Correction Coefficients for the RAF No. 6 wing, with a spacing equal to 1 -2 times the chord, ..."

6. Aeroplane Construction and Operation: Including Notes on Aeroplane Design by John B. Rathbun (1918)
"... machine so that when a span of 36 feet is exceeded, any other arrangement than that of the biplane or triplane becomes almost a practical impossibility. ..."

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