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Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.
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propeller blade angle
Aviation; Airplane flying
The angle between the propeller chord and the propeller plane of rotation.
propeller lever
Aviation; Airplane flying
The control on a free power turbine turboprop that controls propeller speed and the selection for propeller feathering.
propeller slipstream
Aviation; Airplane flying
The volume of air accelerated behind a propeller producing thrust.
propeller synchronization
Aviation; Airplane flying
A condition in which all of the propellers have their pitch automatically adjusted to maintain a constant r.p.m. among all of the engines of a multiengine aircraft.
spoilers
Aviation; Airplane flying
High-drag devices that can be raised into the air flowing over an airfoil, reducing lift and increasing drag. Spoilers are used for roll control on some aircraft. Deploying ...
spool
Aviation; Airplane flying
A shaft in a turbine engine which drives one or more compressors with the power derived from one or more turbines.
stabilator
Aviation; Airplane flying
A single-piece horizontal tail surface on an airplane that pivots around a central hinge point. A stabilator serves the purposes of both the horizontal stabilizer and the ...
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