Rotate

Rotate the OBS until the CDI is centred and 'TO' is displayed by the TO/FROM indicator, and turn onto that indicated magnetic heading. and then just keep the CDI centred and you will track more or less direct to the VOR.

Rotate the airplane into a flare attitude about 5 to 10 feet off the runway. In most small airplanes, do this by putting the top of the glare shield (dash) on the horizon. Hold this attitude and let the airplane smoothly settle onto the runway.

ROTATE In flight, any aircraft will rotate about its center of gravity, a point which is the average location of the mass of the aircraft.

Rotate the airplane in the yaw-wise direction by the specified heading angle.

3) Rotate Prop until piston of #1 firing cylinder is on top dead center of compression stroke (you should feel air blow out of hole if you hold your finger there, be careful not to burn your finger.

Monocopters that rotate entirely had no practical purpose prior to 2003, but, in part due to Graham's book, that would change. Patent 7,104,862[21] was awarded in 2006 to Michael A. Dammar of Vera-Tech Aero RPV Corp.

In accordance with Newton's law of action and reaction, the helicopter fuselage tends to rotate in the direction opposite to the rotor blades. This effect is called torque. Torque must be counteracted and or controlled before flight is possible.

The blade in such a design rotates in pitch about a bearing, aligned in a radial direction, which can be a roller bearing stack or a composite flexure.

Caster - To swivel or rotate slightly. Category I (CAT I) - An ILS facility providing operation down to a 200 foot decision height and an RVR of not less than 2,400 feet.

-Since there are three axes or main directions about which an airplane may turn or rotate it follows that three controlling devices are required.

Forces, Torques, and Motion As an object moves through space it translates and rotates. The translations are in direct response to forces on the object. The rotations are in response to torques on the object.

In this case, if you try to turn the rotor system with the engine, the equal and opposite reaction called for by Sir Issac Newton will cause the entire helicopter to rotate in the opposite direction.

This causes the airplane to rotate around its middle while it descends at a high rate of speed. When it's done on purpose, it is a precision maneuver, with the pilot trying to get the airplane to rotate an exact number of turns from entry to exit.

The mass of air which surrounds the earth and rotates with it. International Standard Atmosphere is an imaginary condition of the atmosphere to which the performance of all aeroplane is referred for exact comparison.

Then the aircraft is rotated about the main wheel axle so that the nose wheel rests on the elevated surface. The angle of rotation (Φ) is measured by the inclinometer.

This dozen are usually rotated after two weeks back to Charleston for maintenance.

FEATHERED PROPELLER- A propeller whose blades have been rotated so that the leading and trailing edges are nearly parallel with the aircraft flight path to stop or minimize drag and engine rotation.

Even if the pilot rotates the plane at the correct moment, the plane will still begin to drift with the wind as soon the crab angle is reduced, so the landing gear will have to absorb some side load on touchdown.

The skid has the added advantage of protecting the tail from overzealous students who rotate or flare too aggressively-a fairly easy mistake to make considering the large stabilator surface.

ROTARY ENGINE - A powerplant that rotates on a stationary propeller shaft. An American invention by Adams-Farwell Co (1896), it was first used for buses and trucks in the US (1903), then copied by French engineers for early aircraft engines (1914).

FULLY-FEATHERING PROPELLER - One in which the blades can be rotated so that the leading-edge of each faces the oncoming airstream. This reduces drag if an engine has to be stopped in flight. FUSELAGE - The body structure of an aircraft.

Whenever the attitude of the airplane changes in flight (with respect to the ground or other fixed object), it will rotate about one or more of these axes. Think of these axes as imaginary axles around which the airplane turns like a wheel.

CASTER To swivel or rotate slightly. CAT Commercial Air Traffic CAT I Instrument Landing Category I (similar: CAT II, CAT III) ...

The speed at which a propeller, rotor, or some other rotating part rotates; measured in revolutions per minute powered by shantz-wp-prefix-suffix Create a PDF version of this definition Tags: Powerplant ...

A rotorcraft whose rotors are not engine-driven, except for initial starting, but are made to rotate by action of the air when the rotorcraft is moving; and whose means of propulsion, consisting usually of conventional propellers, ...

Gimbaled inertial sensor. Accelerometers mounted to a platform which is free to rotate, with gyroscopes to measure rotation and servomotors to maintain a fixed attitude with respect to the earth Compare: strapdown inertial sensor; ...

Roll A maneuver in which an aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis.

roll A basic aircraft maneuver, used to rotate or turn the aircraft to one side along its longitudinal axis, created by an up or down motion of the wings.

Thus, if a pilot rotates the control yoke or stick, to the left, the left aileron deflects upward and the right aileron defects downward, causing the aircraft to roll, or bank, to the left.

Taildragger - 1. An old pilot after a long flight. 2. A young pilot who over-rotates a tricycle gear aircraft on takeoff or landing.

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