Trimotor
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The Trimotor was not to be Ford's last venture in aircraft production. During World War II, he built the largest aircraft manufacturing plant in the world and assembled thousands of B-24 Liberator bombers under license to Consolidated Aircraft.
Motor Stick
A strong strip used to support the rubber motor; the body of stick-type models.
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Dynamotor (Usually Dynamo). A battery-driven generator which supplies power for a radio installation. It consists of low- and high-tension armature windings running in a common field system.
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Touring Motor Glider (TMG)
Validity period - 24 months
Pass a Proficiency Check within 3 months immediately preceding the expiry of the rating (see note 1) ...
Motor: Word used by student pilots and rednecks when referring to the engine.
Nanosecond: Time delay built into the stall warning system.
Range: Usually about 30 miles beyond the point where all fuel tanks fill with air.
Motor Power Required for Flying.-The reason resistance interests us is that motor power is required to propel the airplane against it; more and more power as the resistance and speed increase.
MOTOR
Any electric motor used in the aircraft. Examples are the servo motors, which move the servo arms, and thus the control surfaces. There are also kits ...
MP
Mission processor ...
Motor - A word used by Englishmen and student pilots when referring to an aircraft engine. (also see "Aerodrome")
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Motorcycle at 25 ft . . . 90 dBNewspaper press . . . 97 dB4 times as loud 80 Car wash at 20 ft . . . 89 dB
Propeller plane flyover at 1000 ft . . . 88 dB
Diesel truck 40 mph at 50 ft . . . 84 dB ...
MOGAS: motor gasoline (as distinct from AVGAS). NDB: non-directional radio beacon.
nm: nautical mile(s).
NOTAM: Notice to Airmen.
Just as motorists pay different prices for gasoline in different parts of the country, airlines pay different prices regionally for jet fuel.
Aircraft, motorcoach, or other mode of transportation reserved entirely for use by a group.
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How to Size Motors for RC Electric Airplanes
How to Transfer the Servo of an RC Car Into an RC Plane
The Altimeter and Height Levels on an Airplane ...
So we covered motor aspect, oil and some means to hold it clean ... now lets look at the
hydraulic hoses ... somehow we need to get the hydraulic oil from point A ( pump ) to point B ( motor ) and again back through a few obstacles.
Four-motor: RAF slang for bomber.
FOXHUNT: Code for Bombing mission using MEW radar control.
Frags: Fragmentation Bombs
Frank: Allied code for Nakajima Ki. 84 Hayate IJAAF Fighter ...
Such airships are essentially motorized free balloons and the engines are carried in a car attached to the lower side or bottom of the bag.
More importantly, he jumped into aircraft manufacturing, and in 1927, produced the Ford Trimotor, commonly referred to as the Tin Goose.
When I'm not working on computers, I'm usually riding motorcycles, shooting competitive NRA High Power Rifle, taking pictures, or flying.
For those of you who took a driver's training course to obtain an automobile or motorcycle driver's license, you had to perform emergency stops. You never intended to have to make emergency stops because, after all, you are a great driver. Right?
The motor was taxed to the limit of its powers, but still the airship was unable to go forward; for ten minutes the unequal struggle continued, and then the aeronauts observed with alarm that the motor was becoming overheated, ...
Diamond has been building the HK-36 motorglider for years, and it applied the same high-lift technology to the DA20 Katana in 1995.
An electric aircraft is one, which runs on electric motors instead of
combustion engines. The electricity can either come from fuel cells, solar
cells, ultra capacitors, power beaming, or batteries.
driver's license and any judicial or administrative order applying to the operation of a motor vehicle. You must also meet the requirements of Federal Aviation Regulation 61.
Also on display are automobiles, motorcycles, early engines and memorabilia from 1900-1935. On weekends from mid-June through mid-October the aerodeome returns to life when vintage airplanes taking to the sky in colorful airshows.
gyro-compass - A compass consisting of a motor-operated gyroscope whose rotating axis, kept in a horizontal plane, takes a position parallel to the earth's rotation and thus points to the geographical north pole instead of the magnetic pole.
An aircraft's engine is usually not rated by horsepower, but by the thrust that the motor produces. It is difficult to convert between horsepower and thrust because they are two very different units of measure, but as a general rule of thumb: ...
Nor does the controlled airspace boundary physically protect aircraft inside from aircraft outside any more than the solid white line delineating a motorway hard shoulder prevents people using it as a driving lane, ...
Electric Starter A hand-held electric motor used for starting a model airplane engine. Usually powered by a 12-volt battery.
TURBINE Engine that uses compressed air to generate thrust to spin a metal shaft inside the motor. Turbines are vital components in jet engines and also power turboprop aircraft.
PPL - Private Pilot's Licence. Also PPL(H) for helicopters, PPL(SLMG) for self-launched motor gliders.
AVGAS - A high-octane aviation fuel used for aircraft. Avgas is a portmanteau for aviation gasoline, as distinguished from MOGAS (motor gasoline), which is the everyday gasoline used in cars.
The caption for this photograph, published in the May 17, 1899 issue of The Horseless Age, states: "A.M. Herrings compressed air flying machine. First motor machine to successfully carry an operator in free flight" ...
Learning to fly an airplane has often been likened to learning to drive an automobile. This analogy is misleading. Since an airplane operates in a different environment, three dimensional, it requires a type of motor skill development that is more ...
MOCA Minimum Obstacle Clearance Altitude (IFR) MP Manifold Pressure (usually refers to the gauge which is the primary indication of power output in aircraft with controllable-pitch props) MSL Mean Sea Level - altitude above the ocean Mogas Motor ...
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