| Low speed flight characteristic are crucial to safety. | | | | end of the wing will also change the stall and spin |
| Those aircraft that have good flight characteristics at | | | | characteristics for better handling in critical flight |
| low speeds are favored by pilots and the companies, | | | | situations while preventing unpredictable departures |
| military, NGO or private individuals who operate them. | | | | from flight. These gates will be filled with ram air prior |
| One way to increase positive slow speed flight | | | | to landing or approaching high angles of attack or stall |
| characteristics is to install vertical gates on top of the | | | | speeds. Before takeoff these inflatable gates will |
| wings of the aircraft to keep the air flowing over the | | | | blown up into place with small canisters. The gates |
| wing at slow speeds. The only problem is that at high | | | | will use the same air in the lines which are cross fed |
| speeds these gates may also cause increased | | | | so that one gate cannot come up or stay up without |
| parasite drag which effects performance. | | | | the other. The gates will fold straight up and |
| I propose inflatable wing gates to pop up on modern | | | | recessed into the wing with a panel, which pops |
| day aircraft to allow for slower stall speeds on | | | | outward. The hinges will be on the side closest to the |
| landing. This will increase tire and decrease landing | | | | end of the wing not the fuselage as to not upset the |
| speeds for increased safety. Additionally it will assist | | | | already turbulent airflows at high angles of attack or |
| the aircraft by decreasing take roll. The gates on the | | | | near stall speeds. Think on this concept. |