- 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 ...
The main electrical carriers within a semiconductor material. The majority carriers in P-type material are holes, and in N-type material, electrons.
Industry:Aviation
The main flow of fuel from the fuel nozzles inside a gas turbine engine. Primary, or pilot, fuel is used for starting the engine and for low-speed operation. Secondary fuel allows the engine to produce its maximum power.
Industry:Aviation
The main longitudinal structural member extending along the center line of the bottom of a seaplane hull or float.
Industry:Aviation
The main longitudinal, load-bearing members of a truss-type aircraft fuselage.
Industry:Aviation
The main spanwise structural member of a wing made in the form of a box.
Tensile and compressive stresses are carried in the top and the bottom of the box beam, and the sides act as webs to give the beam rigidity. The top and bottom of the box beam oppose the greatest loads and are the strongest parts of the beam. A box beam is also called a box spar.
Industry:Aviation
The main top and bottom members of a wing rib. The cap strips give the rib its aerodynamic shape.
Industry:Aviation
The maintenance procedure in which a device is disassembled to the extent needed to determine the condition of all its parts. Each part is inspected, and, if damaged or excessively worn, it is repaired or replaced. The device is then reassembled and tested, and if it functions as it should, is returned to service.
Industry:Aviation
The maintenance procedure in which all of the moisture and air is removed from a cooling system by flushing the system with a dry gaseous refrigerant.
Industry:Aviation
The maintenance procedure in which the blades of a helicopter rotor are adjusted so the tip of each blade follows the same path as the tip of the blade ahead of it.
Blade tracking minimizes vibration by causing the blades to travel in the same plane.
Industry:Aviation
