- Settore: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
Motion of an object along a curved path in which the object stays a constant distance from a given point, called the center of motion.
Industry:Aviation
Motion of one object with reference to another. One object can be moving and the other object still, or both objects may be moving, but at different rates, or directions.
Industry:Aviation
Movable flaps located at the exit of the cowling that houses an air-cooled aircraft engine.
Opening or closing the cowl flaps controls the amount of air flowing through the cowling, and this in turn controls the amount of heat removed from the engine cylinders.
Industry:Aviation
Movement of a helicopter above the surface but at an altitude of less than 100 feet above ground level.
Industry:Aviation
Movement of a helicopter or VTOL aircraft above the surface and in ground effect, at airspeeds of less than approximately 20 knots.
Industry:Aviation
Movement of a helicopter rotor blade in which the blades rise and descend as they rotate.
Blade flapping compensates for asymmetrical lift. The advancing blade flaps up, decreasing its angle of attack and the amount of lift it produces. At the same time, the retreating blade flaps downward, increasing its angle of attack and the amount of lift it produces.
Industry:Aviation
Multiplex transmission is a method of two-way communications in which both stations can transmit at the same time on the same frequency or on the same line. Normal telephone communications is an example of multiplex communications. Both parties can talk on the same line at the same time.
Industry:Aviation
Natural aluminum oxide (Al2O3). Alumina occurs in nature in the form of corundum, a hard mineral crystal, or in the form of bauxite, a clay.
Industry:Aviation
