Flap

Flap may refer to:

The arts

Flap, a minor character in the film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

Flap, a boss character in the arcade game Gaiapolis

Flap, an alternative title for the film The Last Warrior

Other

5-lipoxygenase activating protein (FLAP)

Brouhaha, a general state of social agitation

Flap (aeronautics), a hinged surface on the trailing edge of an airplane wing

Flapping, the up-and-down motion of a helicopter rotor

Flapping, one of the basic mechanics of bird flight

Flap (surgery), a surgical technique involving movement of vascularized tissue

Free flap, a specific kind of surgical flap

Free flap, a specific kind of surgical flap

Flap consonant, a sound produced by brief contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth

Flapping, a process by which a /t/ or a /d/ before an unstressed vowel is pronounced as a flap consonant

Flapping, a process by which a /t/ or a /d/ before an unstressed vowel is pronounced as a flap consonant

Flap, any hinged plate often used as a cover or a simple one-way valve

Bum flap (or butt flap), a separately removable part of underwear (un)covering the buttocks
Mudflap, a guard for tires on automobiles
Pet door, a hinged flap that allows a cat or other small pet to enter or leave a room or building
Sluice or flap gate, a pressure driven water flow control device between a channel and other water body

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Flaps (card game)

FLAPS, originally based on Two Four Jacks or Black Jack, is a shedding-type card game for two or more players that is popular in the United Kingdom and Czech Republic. The sole aim of Flaps is to discard all of the cards in one's hand; the first player to play his final card, and ergo have no cards left, wins the game.

The game uses a custom deck of cards written in both English and Czech. The game has seven levels, each level adding new functionality.

Object

FLAPS is played with a custom deck of playing cards.

Each player at his turn may play any card from his hand that matches the suit or the rank of the card previously played; for example, if the previous card was a seven of clubs, the next player may put down any seven card, or any club card, from his hand. Should the player not have any card available to play or not wish to go, he must pick up one card.

Game Rules

Players are initially dealt seven cards. The remainder of the deck is placed face down and serve as a "pool" or drawing stack. At the beginning of the game the topmost card from the "pool" is revealed and play begins.

Flap (aeronautics)

Flaps are devices used to alter the lift characteristics of a wing and are mounted on the trailing edges of the wings of a fixed-wing aircraft to reduce the speed at which the aircraft can be safely flown and to increase the angle of descent for landing. They do this by lowering the stall speed and increasing the drag. Flaps shorten takeoff and landing distances.

Extending flaps increases the camber or curvature of the wing, raising the maximum lift coefficient — the lift a wing can generate. This allows the aircraft to generate as much lift, but at a lower speed, reducing the stalling speed of the aircraft, or the minimum speed at which the aircraft will maintain flight. Extending flaps increases drag, which can be beneficial during approach and landing, because it slows the aircraft. On some aircraft, a useful side effect of flap deployment is a decrease in aircraft pitch angle which lowers the nose thereby improving the pilot's view of the runway over the nose of the aircraft during landing. However the flaps may also cause pitch-up depending on the type of flap and the location of the wing.