Skids or wheels ?
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Wheel: A flight control operated by turning with hands in fixed-wing aircraft, primarily to control roll (heading) via the ailerons; the wheel is connected to yoke.
Witness: One who testifies at a trial or a deposition.
Wheel Spats
Designed to reduce the drag of fixed undercarriages by providing an aerodynamic shroud over the top section of the wheels.
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Wheel Pants The large fairings used to streamline the wheels of an aircraft that has non-retracting, or "fixed" landing gear (so-called because it's "fixed" in place).
Nosewheel airplanes have the "third" wheel in front of the main landing gear (i.e., under the nose) as pictured below.
Tailwheel/Conventional Gear
The first step in a tailwheel airplane takeoff is to align yourself with the runway centerline.
Tailwheel: The small wheel which takes the weight of an aeroplane fuselage on the ground at the tail.
The wheel is more modern than the balance; its known use goes back “only” about 5500 years. It provides some more sophisticated illustrations of equilibrium and related concepts.
The wheels should be tested to make sure that they run freely on the axle and the lock member holding the wheel in place on the axle should be inspected to make sure that it is securely in place.
The wheel turned full circle when in December 2006 London Heathrow was affected for a long period by dense fog.
In nosewheel ranks, the 182 Skylane has a similar reputation as a hauler. Back in the days when airplanes were younger and lighter (just like people), the 182 could carry a full quartet in its four seats.
The nosewheel eliminates the need for fussy oleo struts by using a steel tube attached to high-resistance bungee cords under the cowling. The cords provide the necessary give and are easy and inexpensive to replace.
Six tailwheel airplanes and a driver's license, all in one day. What an accomplishment for a talented young lady that earned every minute of flying time by working for it at the airport.
Engine flywheel horsepower.
Engine fuel efficiency, commonly referred to as BSFC or Brake Specific Fuel Consumption.
Maximum fuel system pressure and the pump's flow volume at that pressure.
on a tail wheel type, difficulty in raising the tail and in maintaining directional control on the ground;
difficulty in trimming especially at high power; ...
The control wheel of an aircraft, akin to an automobile steering wheel
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YOKE The control wheel of an aircraft, akin to an automobile steering wheel.
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Ground Handling Wheel: Removed
Position Light: Check
For night flight, turn the light on and make sure it works. For daytime, give it a wiggle and make sure it is secure.
-The landing gear is assembled by mounting the wheels on the axle, and bolting wheels in place. The fuselage should now be elevated to receive the landing gear. This may be accomplished in one of two ways-either by tackle or by shims and blocking.
Piece of wood the line boy slips in front of wheel while pilot is not looking. Cockpit - 1. A confined space in which two chickens fight each other, especially when they can't find the airport in a rainstorm. 2.
The nosewheel strut is steerable, with direct linkage to the rudder pedals, and uses a single heavy-duty bungee for shock absorbency.
Like the elevators, they are used during flight to steer an aircraft and are manipulated by turning the control wheel or side-stick controller in the cockpit to the left or right.
A VOR station sends out radio signals (beams) like the spoke of a wheel. There are 360 of those spokes (radials). They are numbered from 0 (360) to 359, one for every degree and FROM the VOR.
The design featured retractable wheeled landing gear, a tractor propeller, an internal engine and a boat-shaped hull (Mons. Du Temple had been a French Naval officer). He believed that a 6 h.p.
Weighing of the airplane is done by a weighing platform with three independent scales on which the three wheels of the aircraft rest.
Wheeler and Norman Thomas to form the America First Committee (AFC). I t soon became the most powerful isolationist group in the United States.
Floats are essentially a straightforward development of land-based aircraft gear as floats are mounted under the fuselage instead of wheels.
The aircraft was originally designed with a tail wheel undercarriage and the first four prototypes (Me 262 V1-V4) were built with this configuration, but it was discovered on an early test run that the engines and wings "blanked" the stabilizers, ...
The Wilga 2000 is a radio-controlled (RC) airplane that lands on floats instead of wheels. Unlike nitro- or gasoline-powered airplanes, electric ones such as the Wilga 2000 require a battery pack to power the motor.
gyroscope - A comparatively heavy wheel mounted on a spinning axis which is free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the spinning axis.
Continuing back pressure (deliberate slow notches of up elevator) until the wheels touch down. This action keeps the nose high, and in a good landing your aircraft will virtu-ally stall at the moment of touchdown.
To minimize the parasite drag it is desired to design in airfoil shape all aircraft parts such as struts, wheel fairing, etc. The two major contributors to parasite drag are the form drag and the skin-friction drag.
Yoke The control wheel of an aircraft, operated much like a car's steering wheel. It is used to control the ailerons and elevator.
G
gear
Landing gear, the undercarriage and wheels of an aircraft
H
horizontal stabilizer
The horizontal section of the tail, which provides downward lift to balance the weight of the nose ...
Undercarriage with two or more wheel pairs
booms
Braced structural members extending forward and aft of wings to carry foreplanes or tail surfaces ...
Engines, propellers, wheel and brake assemblies, and standard aircraft hardware are examples of items that may be purchased. Installation of avionics, painting an airplane, and upholstery items are examples of tasks that may be contracted.
Runway Strength: The ability of a runway to support aircraft of a designated gross weight for single wheel, dual wheel, and dual tandem wheel gear types.
PANTS - A popular word for streamlined, non-load bearing fairings to cover landing wheels. Also sometimes called Spats or, when fully enclosing the wheel struts, Skirts.
Typically refers to block time, i.e. chocks-away to chocks-under, which includes taxi time plus airborne time, i.e. wheels-off to wheels-on.
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The primary flight controls are the wheel, yoke, cyclic, pedals, throttle, and collective. Secondary flight controls are flight controls that are not primary and include the flaps, slats, stabilizer, and landing gear.
PTT - press-to-transmit (switch) on an aircraft's control wheel or stick enabling the pilot to make RT transmission 'hands on' via a headset microphone.
Chock - 1. Sudden and usually unpleasant surprise suffered by Mexican pilots. 2. Pieces of wood the lineboy slips in front of the wheels while the pilot isn't looking.
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Base/Base Leg- Flight path that is at a right angle to the direction of landing
Bearing - Horizontal direction to or from any point
Braking Action - Report of wheel gripping action on runways
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It simply produced lift, and aircraft control was by the normal rudder and elevator controls. The rotor was unpowered, and simply spun like a pinwheel due to the relative wind blowing through the rotor system. This is called autorotation.
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