Aeronautics

Aeronautics

The branch of science that deals with flight aerodynamics and with the operation of all types of aircraft.

Industry: Aviation

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brad

Aviation; Aeronautics

A thin wire nail with a small-diameter, barrel-shaped head.

A thin, flexible material made by treating the outside membrane of the large intestine of cattle. Goldbeater’s skin is used to separate sheets of gold foil as they are being hammered (beaten) until ...

featheredge

Aviation; Aeronautics

A thin, sharp edge on a piece of material, left as the material is worn away by abrasion.

cuff

Aviation; Aeronautics

A thin, sheet metal, airfoil-shaped covering over the shank of a propeller blade. Cuffs force air through the cowling of an air-cooled engine to improve its cooling.

duct

Aviation; Aeronautics

A thin-wall tube installed in an aircraft to carry heated or cooled air for distribution at the proper locations.

filiform corrosion

Aviation; Aeronautics

A thread-, or filament-like corrosion which forms on aluminum skins beneath a dense paint film. Filiform corrosion gets its name from the fact that it grows in shape of a thread, or a filament.

spark plug bushing

Aviation; Aeronautics

A threaded bronze or steel bushing screwed and shrunk into an opening in the cast aluminum cylinder head of an aircraft engine. The spark plugs screw into the bushings which protect the soft aluminum ...