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▪ I. unˈstick, v.
[un-2 3.]
1. To cause to become unstuck.
1706Stevens, Desempegar,..to unstick, unglew. 1748Richardson Clarissa VII. 125 The other [foot] riveted to its native earth, bemired..beyond the possibility of unsticking itself.
2. Aeronaut. intr. (occas. refl.). To take off (from the surface of the ground, water, etc.).
1912Aero May 134/1 It attains a high speed when running awash and ‘unsticks’ (decoller) very easily. 1913Flight 19 Apr. 432/1 A head wind helps them materially to ‘unstick’ themselves from the water. 1913Captain Sept. 1074/2 It is necessary to design the floats with the greatest care, so that they may ‘unstick’, or leave the water easily. 1926Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 581/2 It needs almost as long a run as the ordinary aeroplane to ‘unstick’. 1964G. Lyall Most Dangerous Game xix. 152 When she unstuck from the water..we went away low. 1977J. Gardner Werewolf Trace i. 15 The British Airways Trident unstuck from the cold stressed-concrete.
Hence unˈsticking vbl. n.
1926‘N. Shute’ Marazan vi. 206, I took the whole length of the aerodrome to get off. It was some time since I had flown a Thirty-four, and unsticking was never her strong point at the best of times.
▪ II. ˈunstick, n. Aeronaut.
[f. the vb.]
The moment of take-off. Also attrib.
1935C. G. Burge Encycl. Aviation 606 Unstick, the moment during the take-off when an aerodyne definitely leaves either the ground (or a solid platform) or water. 1936Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XL. 519 Stalling to the extent of losing two-thirds of the static thrust, while it increases the ‘unstick’ time due to reduced acceleration, has only a small effect on the length of the take-off run. 1966D. Francis Flying Finish xii. 154 Inside the windowless lavatory compartment it was impossible to tell the exact moment of unstick, but the subsequent climb held me close anyway against the wall, as I faced the tail. 1969K. Munson Pioneer Aircraft 1903–14 154/2 The 1904 multiplane had an ‘unstick’ speed of some 34 m.p.h...and was tested at Streatham, but apparently made no flights of significant length. |