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Powerplant
The complete installation of an aircraft engine, propeller, and all accessories needed for its proper function.
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ice bridging
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A spark plug failure that occurs when starting a reciprocating engine in extremely cold weather. When a cylinder fires, the fuel-air mixture is converted into carbon dioxide and water vapor. The ...
dewar bottle
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A special container used to store liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen. A Dewar bottle has an inner and an outer container, and the space between them forms a vacuum. The two surfaces within the vacuum ...
slow-blow ruse
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A special type of electrical circuit protection device that allows a momentary flow of excess current, but opens the circuit if the excessive flow is sustained.
venture
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A specially shaped restrictor in a tube designed to speed up the flow of fluid passing through it. According to Bernoulli’s principal, any time the flow of fluid speeds up without losing or gaining ...
overspeed condition
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A speed condition in which the engine is turning at an rpm higher than that for which the propeller governor is set.
underspeed condition
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A speed condition in which the engine is turning at an RPM lower than that for which the propeller governor is set.
