(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…
No comments yet — say something.
(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.
No comments yet — say something.
Add your own interpretation of "low speed, high drag".
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.