Aviation

Aviation

Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.

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service ceiling

Aviation; Airplane flying

The maximum density altitude where the best rate-of-climb airspeed will produce a 100 feet-per-minute climb at maximum weight while in a clean configuration with maximum ...

servo tab

Aviation; Airplane flying

An auxiliary control mounted on a primary control surface, which automatically moves in the direction opposite the primary control to provide an aerodynamic assist in the movement ...

shaft horse power (SHP)

Aviation; Airplane flying

Turboshaft engines are rated in shaft horsepower and calculated by use of a dynamometer device. Shaft horsepower is exhaust thrust converted to a rotating shaft.

shock waves

Aviation; Airplane flying

A compression wave formed when a body moves through the air at a speed greater than the speed of sound.

sideslip

Aviation; Airplane flying

A slip in which the airplane’s longitudinal axis remains parallel to the original flightpath, but the airplane no longer flies straight ahead. Instead, the horizontal component of ...