- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
The name given to a cigar-shaped, nonrigid airship. Nonrigid airships were originally called limp airships.
Industry:Aviation
The name of a family of synthetic materials that are part of the polymer chain. Nylon is used for making cloth and rope and for such molded parts as wheels, gears, and pulleys. Nylon is strong, lightweight, and resistant to most chemicals.
Industry:Aviation
The natural fibers in cotton. Grade-A cotton fabric used for covering an aircraft is made of long-staple cotton.
Industry:Aviation
The navigational course for an aircraft measured from the geographic north pole.
Industry:Aviation
The needles (pointers) of a dual tachometer indicator installed in a helicopter are said to “married” when one needle is exactly on top of the other.
One needle is driven by a tachometer generator on the engine and the other by a generator on the transmission that senses the speed of the rotor. When the rotor-drive clutch is fully engaged and there is no slippage, the needles are married.
Industry:Aviation
The negative charge in an electron tube between the cathode and the plate. This space charge is caused by the cloud of electrons that collect around the cathode of the tube when the cathode emits more electrons than the plate can accept.
Industry:Aviation
The negatively charged part of an atom of which all matter is made. Electrons circle around the nucleus of an atom in orbits, or shells, and electrons of certain atoms can be forced out of their outer shell and caused to move from one atom to another to produce a flow called electron current.
Industry:Aviation
The network of airways serving aircraft operations, up to, but not including, 18,000 feet MSL.
Industry:Aviation
The neutral axis of a piece of material being bent is a plane within the material along which there is no stress. The neutral axis is located approximately halfway (actually 44.5% of the thickness of the material) from the inside of the bend. The material on the outside of the bend is under a tensile stress, and that on the inside is under a compressive stress. There is no stress along the neutral axis.
Industry:Aviation
The normal length of time an object or material can be expected to keep its usable characteristics if it is stored and not used. Many products, such as batteries, rubber seals, shock cord, and certain types of finishing materials, have a date stamped on them. This date relates to the shelf life. If these products are not used by the date stamped on them, there is a possibility that they will not function as they should.
Industry:Aviation
