- Settore: Aviation
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The fixed conical fairing centered in the exhaust stream immediately aft of the last-stage turbine wheel. It prevents turbulence and prevents the hot gases from circulating over the rear face of the turbine wheel.
Industry:Aviation
The fixed horizontal surface on the tail of a conventional airplane. The horizontal stabilizer is usually adjustable in flight to vary the down-load produced by the tail. This allows the airplane to fly hands-off at any desired air speed.
Industry:Aviation
The fixed horizontal tail surface on an airplane. The stabilizer is set on the airplane so it provides the correct amount of stabilizing downward aerodynamic force when the aircraft is flying at its normal cruise speed. The elevators are hinged to the trailing edge of the stabilizer.
Industry:Aviation
The fixed vertical surface in the empennage of an airplane. The vertical fin acts as a weather vane to give the airplane directional stability.
Industry:Aviation
The fixes depicted on the instrument approach procedure charts that identify the beginning of the initial approach segment(s).
Industry:Aviation
The flat surface of a propeller blade. The face of a propeller blade compares with the flat bottom portion of a wing airfoil section.
Industry:Aviation
The flat surface of an aircraft wheel on which the bead of the tire seats.
The bead seat area of wheels that have tubeless tires installed on them must be very smooth and free of damage. Only then can the tire form an airtight seal with the wheel.
Industry:Aviation
The flexible drive used to connect the rotating magnet inside a tachometer indicator to the tachometer drive gear inside an engine. A tachometer cable is made of a core of steel wire, around which are wound two concentric coils of steel wire, wound in opposite directions.
Industry:Aviation
The flight control of a helicopter that changes the pitch of all the rotor blades at the same time. Movement of the collective control increases or decreases the lift produced by the entire rotor disk.
Industry:Aviation
The flight controls that cause an aircraft to rotate about its three axes. In an airplane, the primary flight controls are the ailerons, elevators, and rudder.
Industry:Aviation
