Aeronautics

Aeronautics

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

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Aeronautics

A type of ice that forms on the throttle valve of an aircraft carburetor when the throttle is partially closed. The temperature drop caused by the pressure drop across the partially closed throttle ...

Oleo strut

Aviation; Aeronautics

A type of hydropneumatic (oil-air) shock absorber used on aircraft landing gear. The shock of the landing impact is absorbed by oil flowing through a metering orifice (restricting hole). The smaller ...

Deutsch rivet

Aviation; Aeronautics

A type of hollow-shank, high-strength blind rivet. The rivet is put into the hole in the structure, and a tapered pin is driven into the hollow shank. The pin expands the rivet so serrations on the ...

Flying wing

Aviation; Aeronautics

A type of heavier-than-air aircraft that has no fuselage or separate tail surfaces. The engines and useful load are carried inside the wing, and movable control surfaces on the trailing edge provide ...

Carbon microphone

Aviation; Aeronautics

A type of microphone used in a telephone and with some types of radio transmitters. The sensitive element in a carbon microphone is a tube of carbon granules, or grains of carbon. A flexible ...

Throat microphone

Aviation; Aeronautics

A type of microphone used by a person operating in an extremely noisy area such as the cockpit of an airplane. The throat microphone is strapped around the person's neck so the sensitive pickup rests ...

Turret lathe

Aviation; Aeronautics

A type of metal-turning lathe in which the cutting tools are mounted in a turret. For example, a drill, a boring tool, and a chamfering tool can be mounted in the turret. The drill is moved into the ...