Powerplant

Powerplant

The complete installation of an aircraft engine, propeller, and all accessories needed for its proper function.

Industry: Aviation

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ethanol

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Alcohol made from cereal grains such as corn.

distributed pole stator winding

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Alternator stator windings wound in a series of slots in the stator frame. A distributed pole stator is distinguished from a salient pole stator whose coils are wound around separate pole shoes that ...

integrated drive generator (IDG)

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

An AC generator installed on turbine engines. An IDG incorporates a brushless, threephase AC generator and a constant-speed drive in a single component.

bootstrapping

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

An action that is self-initiating or selfsustaining. In a turbocharger system, bootstrapping describes a transient increase in engine power that causes the turbocharger to speed up, which in turn ...

viscosity index improver

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

An additive used to produce a multi-viscosity lubricating oil. The polymer additive expands as temperature increases and contracts as temperature decreases. VI improvers cause viscosity to increase ...