low speed, high drag
(informal) Not functioning very well; clueless or inefficient.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(informal) Not functioning very well; clueless or inefficient.
Spoilers, as well as flaps, help to achieve the low-speed, high-drag descent which is always desirable in a jet transport.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(informal) Slow and steady.
The use of boundary-layer control to increase the lift of a wing normally results in reductions in landing approach speeds to such an extent that the airplane operates in a low-speed high-drag range where more thrust is required as speed…
Origin: From the field of aviation, where wings and other exterior aircraft parts are designed to maximize drag and fuel, thus maximizing the craft's potential ordinance and time over its target. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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