Powerplant

Powerplant

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

Industry: Aviation

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track

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The path followed by a blade segment of a propeller or helicopter rotor in one rotation.

The performance specifications of a turbine engine observed and recorded by the engine manufacturer or overhauler and recorded on the engine dataplate. This data includes the engine speed at which a ...

plane of rotation

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The plane in which a propeller blade rotates. The plane of rotation is perpendicular to the propeller shaft.

geopotential of the tropopause

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The point in the standard atmosphere where the temperature stops dropping and becomes constant. This is the tropopause, or the dividing line between the troposphere and the stratosphere.