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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modem

Aviation; Aeronautics

A MOdulator-DEModulator used to connect two computers by way of telephone lines. Digital information from one computer is changed into tones for transmission over the phone lines. This is the ...

A moment divided by a constant, such as 10, 100, 1,000, or an even larger number. The use of a moment index allows weight and balance computations to be made using smaller numbers, and this decreases ...

negative moment

Aviation; Aeronautics

A moment, or rotational force, that causes a body to rotate in a counterclockwise direction.

precision runway monitor (PRM)

Aviation; Aeronautics

A monitor that provides air traffic controllers with high-precision secondary surveillance data for aircraft on final approach to closely spaced parallel runways. High-resolution color monitoring ...

shoulder-wing airplane

Aviation; Aeronautics

A monoplane in which the wing is mounted near the top of the fuselage, but not on the top. The classifications of a monoplane with regard to the placement of the wing are: low-wing, midwing, ...

bug

Aviation; Aeronautics

A movable marker on a flight instrument that may be set to reference a particular indication of the instrument. A bug on the airspeed indicator can be set to reference a particular airspeed for the ...

balanced control surface

Aviation; Aeronautics

A movable primary control surface on an airplane designed in such a way that aerodynamic forces help the pilot move the surface. A portion of the surface, called the balance area, extends ahead of ...