Aeronautics

Aeronautics

The branch of science that deals with flight aerodynamics and with the operation of all types of aircraft.

Industry: Aviation

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Regenerative braking

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of slowing the rotating armature of an electric motor. When the brake control switch is moved to the STOP position, it removes power from the motor and connects the armature across an ...

Orthographic projection

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of showing all the sides of an object by projecting straight lines from the object to the drawing surface. An orthographic projection of a solid object requires six separate views: top, ...

A method of setting one voltage exactly equal to another. When no current flows between the two voltages, as indicated by a sensitive current-measuring instrument, the two voltages are exactly the ...

Composite separation

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of separating aircraft in a composite route system where, by management of route and altitude assignments, a combination of half the lateral minimum specified for the area concerned and half ...

Bumping

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of shrinking or stretching sheet metal into compound curves by hand-hammering it into a sandbag or into or around wood or metal forming blocks.

Centrifuging

Aviation; Aeronautics

A method of separating liquids which have different densities by spinning them in a centrifuge.

Pentagrid converter

Aviation; Aeronautics

A mixer tube used in a superheterodyne radio receiver. A pentagrid converter tube has five grids, a cathode, a plate, and a filament. The incoming radio-frequency signal is applied to the signal ...