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Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.
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safety gap
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A location in a magneto that allows a spark to jump to ground from the secondary circuit before the voltage rises high enough to damage the secondary insulation.
augmentor tube
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A long, specially shaped stainless steel tube mounted around the exhaust tail pipe of a reciprocating engine. As exhaust gases flow through the augmentor tube, they produce a low ...
NACA cowling
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A long-chord cowling used over a radial engine. The forward portion of this cowling has an aerodynamic shape that produces a forward pull, and the rear portion extends back to ...
vibration loop
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A loop in a rigid fluid line used to prevent vibration from concentrating stresses that could cause the line to break.
aircraft engine sump
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A low point in an aircraft engine in which lubricating oil collects and is stored or transferred to an external oil tank. A removable sump attached to the bottom of the crankcase ...
fuel tank sump
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A low point in an aircraft fuel tank in which water and other contaminants collect and are held until they can be drained out.
electrical steel
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A low-carbon iron alloy that contains some silicon It is used as the core for transformers, field frames for generators and alternators, and the magnetic circuit of magnetos.
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