- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A streamlined housing over the hub of the propeller. A spinner smooths the airflow as it enters the cooling openings in the engine cowling. It also gives the airplane a streamlined shape.
Industry:Aviation
A strip made of two different types of metal fastened together, side-by-side. When heated, these two metals expand differently, causing the strip to warp, or bend. Bimetallic strips are used in some types of thermometers and circuit breakers.
Industry:Aviation
A strip of insulating plastic material that contains a number of threaded studs to which electrical wires can be attached. Ring-type terminals on the wires are slipped over the studs and secured with a lock washer and nut. Some terminal strips have barriers between adjacent studs to keep the wires from shorting between the studs.
Industry:Aviation
A strip of low-melting-point metal used in an electrical fuse to protect a circuit. The amount of current that can flow through the fuse link before it melts and opens the circuit is determined by the size of the fuse link and the type of metal of which it is made.
Industry:Aviation
A strip of material in the compressor housing of some axial-flow gas turbine engines.
The tip of the compressor blade touches the abradable strip and actually wears, or abrades, a groove in it. This groove ensures that the blade operates with the minimum amount of tip clearance.
Industry:Aviation
A strong cotton, linen, or synthetic fiber string used to lace fabric to an aircraft structure.
Lacing cord is also called rib-stitching cord.
Industry:Aviation
A strong downdraft which induces an outburst of damaging winds on or near the ground. The sizes of downbursts vary from one-half mile or less to more than 10 miles.
An intense downburst often causes widespread damage. Damaging winds, lasting from five to 30 minutes, could reach speeds as high as 120 knots.
Industry:Aviation
A strong horizontal or vertical wind shift that acts at right angles to the direction the wind is blowing. Wind shear, normally associated with the passage of a front, can be dangerous if an aircraft flies through one when slowed for landing or immediately after takeoff.
Industry:Aviation
