Wing axis to Wood screws

Wing axis to Wire brush

with the fuselage or nacelle, ignor­in~ fairings and fillets. For the pur­pose of calculating area, a wing is conside~ed to extend .without inter­ruption th~~ugh the fuselage and na­celles. Unless otherwise stated, wing area always refers to total area in­cluding ailerons.
Wing axis. (Aero.) The locus of the aerodynamic centres of all the wing sections. Winged dividers. Dividers having a flat metal wing attached to one leg and projecting through the other. A set screw on the slotted leg permits locking the dividers at a desired dimension.
Wing heavy. (Aero.) The condition of an airplane whose right or left wing tends to sink when the lateral con­trol is released in any given attitude of normal flight.
Wing loading. (Aero.) Gross weight fully loaded, divided by supporting surface area.
Wing nut. (Mech.) A form of nut which is tightened or loosened by two thin flat wings extending from opposite sides; a thumb nut.
Wing-over. (Aero.) A maneuver in which the airplane is put into a climbing turn until nearly stalled, at which point the nose is allowed to fall while continuing the turn, then returned to normal flight from the ensuing dive or glide in a direction approximately 180 deg. from that of the start of the evolution.
Wing profile. (Aero.) The outline of a wing section.
Wing rib. (Aero.) A fore-and aft mem­ber of the wing structure of an airplane, used to give the wing sec­tion its form and to transmit the load from the fabric to the spars.
Wing section. (Aero.) A cross-section. of a wing parralled to the plane of symmetry or to a specified reference plan~..
Wing skid: (Aero.) A skid placed near the wing tip to protect the wing from contact with the ground.
Wing spar. (Aero.) The principal, transverse, structural member of the wing assembly of an airplane.
Wing-tip. (Aero.) The outer end of an airplane wing.
Wing-tip flare. (Aero.) A pyrotech­nic device attached to an aircraft for illuminating the ground while landing.
Wing truss. (Aero.) Consists of struts, tie rods, wires, cables, and spars; forming the truss by which wing loads are transmitted to the fuse­ lage. .
Wiped joint. (Plumb.) A lead joint in which molten solder is poured upon the two pieces to be jointed until they are of the right tempera­ture. The joint is then wiped up by hand with a moleskin or cloth pad while the solder is in a plastic condition.
Wiper. (Mech.) A form of cam hav­ing a sliding or wiping motion.
Wire bar. (Metal.) Copper, bars, for rolling into rods, tapered at the ends to permit easy entrance to the rolls. Wire brush. A hand brush fitted with wire or thin strips of steel instead of bristles. Used for removing rust, dirt, or foreign matter from a sur­face.

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Wire cloth. A fabric made of wire. The size of mesh is made to suit the purpose for which it is to be used.
Wired edge. (Sheet-Mt. Wk.) An edge which is strengthened by being closed over piece of wire.
Wire drawing. The process by which wire is made; as by drawing metal through a hole in a steel plate. .
Wire gauge. (Mech.) A notched plate having a series of gauged slots, numbered according to the sizes of the wire and sheet metal manu­factured; used for measuring the diameter of wire. Most widely used in the United States is the United States Standard Steel Wire Gauge, which name has official sanction, without legal effect. The Birm­ingham gauge' is recognized in acts of Congress for tariff purposes. American Gauge or Browne and Sharpe's gauge are used for copper wires and all non ferric metal wires.
. Wire glass. (Bldg.) A type of window glass in which is imbedded wire of coarse mesh, to prevent scattering of fragments should the glass be broken.
Wire mark. (Paperlllkg.)The mark­ing in a web of paper caused by the wire of a Fourdrinier machine or the covering of a mold of a cylinder machine.
Wire nails. (Paperlllkg.) Nails made of wire. They are to be had in all sizes and head shapes suited to their purpose. Such nails have almost entirely replaced the cut nails for­merly used.
Wiring machine. (Sheet-Met. Wk.) Used to crimp in the edge of metal around the wire after it has been placed in the groove prepared for it by the turning machine.
Withe. (Arch.) The portion between flues in the same chimney. Wolframite. (Metal.) A German al­loy of aluminium and tungsten with a small percentage of copper and. zinc. It has many of the qualities of duralumin.
Wood alcohol. (Chen!.) (See Metha­nol. )
Woodcut. (Print.) A printing plate made of wood. The background is cut away, leaving the part to be printed in relief.
Wood engraving. (Print.) The art of making woodcuts.
Wood finishing. (Carp.) Preparing the wood surface to receive a finish, and applying paint, stain, or var­nish; also polishing when certain kinds of finish are desired