Slat Savers & Slot Locks

When the slat opens, it creates a slot between the slat and the remainder of the wing; retracted, the drag is reduced A fixed leading edge slot

A Slat is the airfoil shaped device which is placed ahead of the leading edge of the wing The Slot is the space between the Slat and the

slat slot The folding, bull-nose Krueger has generally been used without a slot betweenthe Krueger and a fixed-wing leading edge slat, thus making the VC Krueger a

visa4d slot and lower trailing edges of the slot and the leading edges of the upper and lower panel members respectively FIG 10 is a chordwise cross