- Settore: Aviation
- Number of terms: 16387
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
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 ...
The horizontal needle of the cross-pointer indicator of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) shows the pilot the vertical position of the aircraft as it descends along the glide slope for an instrument approach.
If the horizontal needle is above the center mark, or doughnut, the aircraft is below the glide slope, and the pilot should fly upward. If the needle is below the doughnut, the aircraft is too high and should descend. The glide slope is sometimes called the glide path.
Industry:Aviation
The horizontal, movable control surface in the tail section, or empennage, of an airplane. The elevator is hinged to the trailing edge of the fixed horizontal stabilizer. Moving the elevator up or down, by fore-and-aft movement of the control yoke or stick, changes the aerodynamic force produced by the horizontal tail surface.
Industry:Aviation
The horsepower actually delivered to the output shaft of a rotating machine. Brake horsepower gets its name from the fact that this power was originally measured with a prony brake. Today, brake horsepower is measured with a dynamometer. BHP is actually the usable horsepower.
Industry:Aviation
The horsepower the engine manufacturer guarantees an engine will produce under specified conditions.
Industry:Aviation
The hoses, tubing, fittings, and connections used for carrying fluids through an aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
The housing which encloses the crankshaft, camshaft, and many of the accessory drive gears of a reciprocating engine. The cylinders mount on the crankcase, and the engine is attached to the airframe by the crankcase.
Industry:Aviation
The impedance across the input terminals of an electronic circuit or device. The input impedance must be matched with the impedance of the component that provides the input signal.
Industry:Aviation
The impurity that forms on the surface of molten metal. Dross is composed of the oxides produced by the reaction of oxygen in the air with the hot metal.
Industry:Aviation
