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Industry that includes methods of travel and spacecraft for navigating the air or space.
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pressurizing and drain dump valve
Aerospace; Control systems
Device to prevent flow of fuel to the nozzle until enough pressure is built up in the fuel control. One also drains the fuel manifold at engineshutdown and traps fuel in the upper ...
primary air
Aerospace; Control systems
Air that mixes with fuel in the combustion chamber to form a combustible mixture. The ratio is 15 parts of air to 1 part of fuel.
radial inflow turbine
Aerospace; Control systems
Type of turbine made by some manufacturers, not used in any Army aircraft today, even though it is rugged and simple, relatively inexpensive, and easy to manufacture. Similar in ...
ram
Aerospace; Control systems
The amount of pressure buildup above ambient pressure at the engine's compressor inlet due to the forward motion of the engine through the air (initial momentum of the air).
ram air pressure
Aerospace; Control systems
Free stream air pressure, provided by the forward motion of the engine,
ram recovery
Aerospace; Control systems
The ability of an engine's air inlet duct to take advantage of ram pressure.
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