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Spill: The escape of air at the outer edge of a parachute either from irregularity of descent or intentionally by a pull at one side of the suspension cords.

 


The decrease in angle of attack reduces the pressure differentials on the airplane's wing thus reducing the air spillage and the induced drag.

If you spill solvents on yourself, remove your clothes and wash the area with soap and water and put on fresh clothes. Do not mix paints with an electric drill. The motor could spark and cause a fire.

In the simplest case, the answer is that the vortex spills off each wingtip. Each wing forms a trailing vortex (also called wake vortex) that extends for miles behind the airplane.

Fuel inlet need to be located on the exterior surface of your craft in a manner that no spilled fuel can find it's way into the bilge of the craft.

In a crash landing, the tanks could rupture and spill fuel onto the hot engines. Since landing accidents constituted 75 percent of all operational losses, this problem demanded immediate attention. In response, Gothaer produced the G.


Wing-tip vortices are formed when high-pressure air spills up over the wing tips into the low-pressure space above the wing. ...

Leaving a topped off aircraft in the sun creates a temperature rise and a possible fuel spill from the tanks, fire could result.
Engine leaning ...

1935 Brothers Al and Fred Key: remained aloft 27 days, 5 hours, and 34 minutes over Meridian, Mississippi using a spill-free mid-air refuelling nozzle that they invented.

In the Amiga version, at least, the whole Boston area, including Logan International, is a pale blue monstrosity (not paved, not grass, but a sickly blue for miles) as if someone spilled a pail of paint over it--an impossible place to think of ...

Miss Kaufman wisely swerved her car off the road as the Argosy whipped past her, showering her car with the dregs of the unusable JP-4 that was spilling out of the ripped wing tank and the landing gear tore off her driver's side mirror.

The drain hose is in case the battery boils over, or someone spills while filling it. The hose conducts acid away from the rest of the helicopter.
Does the Robinson have a blade droop stop?

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