Dive brake
Dive brakes or dive flaps are deployed to slow down an aircraft when in a dive. They often consist of a metal flap that is lowered against the air flow, thus creating drag and reducing dive speed.[1]
In the past, dive brakes were mostly used on
Applications
- Aichi D3A
- Dornier Do 217 (attachable dorsal/ventral "petal" design at extreme rear of fuselage)
- Douglas SBD Dauntless
- Junkers Ju 87 (automatic air brakes that allowed the aircraft to pull out of a dive even if the pilot was rendered temporarily unconscious due to high g-forces)
- Northrop BT
- A-36 Invader
- SB2U Vindicator
- Blackburn Firebrand
References
- ^ ISBN 1-56027-287-2
- ^ Shenstone, B.S.; Wilkinson, K.G. (1963). The World's Sailplanes. Vol. II. Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol à Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue. p. 117.