Tandem wing

A tandem blade is an arrangement of two similar sized wings one behind the other on each side of the fuselage of an aircraft. Both wings have present at the lift. However, the rear support surface takes on the function of the elevator and the front supporting surface, the function of the aileron.

This arrangement was rarely chosen in the history of aviation.

Examples

  • Langley Aerodrome - 1900
  • Blériot VI - 1907
  • Miles Libellula - 1940
  • Westland P.12 Lysander Delanne
  • Rutan Quickie - 1978
  • Viking Dragonfly - 1980
  • Scaled Composites Proteus - 1998
  • Type of Aircraft
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