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Uncommon card · Science
Monoplane, an Uncommon card
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple wings.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 51,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Monoplane quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Monoplane card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Since then, the monoplane has been the most common form for a fixed-wing ______.
Answer
aircraft. Since then, the monoplane has been the most common form for a fixed-wing aircraft. From the Monoplane article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
However, during the early years of flight, these advantages were offset by its greater weight and lower manoeuvrability, making it relatively rare until the ____s.
Answer
1930s. However, during the early years of flight, these advantages were offset by its greater weight and lower manoeuvrability, making it relatively rare until the 1930s. From the Monoplane article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing configuration and is the simplest to build.
- However, during the early years of flight, these advantages were offset by its greater weight and lower manoeuvrability, making it relatively rare until the 1930s.
- Since then, the monoplane has been the most common form for a fixed-wing aircraft.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Monoplane article was read about 51,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Monoplane
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Monoplane (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Airwolfhound, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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