Mach tuck
English
Alternative forms
- Mach-tuck (verb only)
Noun
Mach tuck (uncountable)
- (aviation, aerodynamics) A change in an aircraft's pitching tendency at transonic speeds, often manifesting as a strong tendency to pitch down into a dive.
Synonyms
- tuck-under
Verb
Mach tuck (third-person singular simple present Mach tucks, present participle Mach tucking, simple past and past participle Mach tucked)
- (aviation, aerodynamics) To undergo Mach tuck.